Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

Quote by Albert Camus

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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

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...

I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to...

I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the...

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the...

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...

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is...

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.