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

Quote by Albert Camus

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I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of...

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

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

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social...

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social...

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...

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he...

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he...

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

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.

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.

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...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind.

Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind.

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -...

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...