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

Quote by Albert Camus

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Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

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.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

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

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

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.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

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...

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

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

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

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

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...

Dont believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Dont believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good...

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good...

I got a lotta best friends. Some o' them I don't even hardly know!

I got a lotta best friends. Some o' them I don't even hardly know!

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from...

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from...

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying.