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

Quote by Albert Camus

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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.

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,...

We are all special cases.

We are all special cases.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

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

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

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every...

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every...

What is a rebel? A man who says no

What is a rebel? A man who says no

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

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

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

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

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...

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

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...

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...

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

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...

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.