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

Quote by Albert Camus

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Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

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.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health 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...

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked...

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked...

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

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...

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate,...

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate,...

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.