We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

Quote by Albert Camus

Topics: Disappointed Love Quotes

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to...

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to...

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

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...

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,...

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,...

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

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

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

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

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...

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...