To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

Quote by Albert Camus

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It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home...

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home...

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to...

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to...

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last...

I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last...

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson,...

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson,...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often...

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope...

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope...

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and...

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and...

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I...

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I...

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.