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Albert Camus Quotes - Page 8

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Art does not tolerate reason.

Art does not tolerate reason.

Art, Doe, Reason

We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.

World, Weight, Infinite

Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.210, Vintage

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

Order, Atheism, World

Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.261, Vintage

Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction, therefore it destroys freedom.

Wisdom, Justice, Liberty

Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.288, Vintage

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Birthday, Men, Age

Albert Camus (2012). “The Fall”, p.57, Vintage

Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.

Inspirational, Motivational, Love Life

Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1942-1951”

Violence is both unavoidable and unjustifiable.

Violence

Here lives a free man. Nobody serves him.

Men, Free Man

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

Law, Punishment, Intuition

Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.

Inspirational, Charming Smile, Asking

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There is no love of life without despair of life.

Love Life, Despair, No Love

Albert Camus (2012). “Lyrical and Critical Essays”, p.56, Vintage

The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.

Life, Men, Opposites

Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.133, Vintage

Every authentic work of art is a gift offered to the future.

Art, Giving, Art Is

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

Truth, Firsts

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

Order, Solitude, World

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.157, Vintage

A symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say in reality more than he is aware of expressing.

Reality, Use, Existential

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.124, Vintage

That's love, giving everything, sacrificing all without hope of return.

Sacrifice, Giving, Return

In order to exist, man must rebel.

Men, Order, Challenges

Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.22, Vintage

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

Wind, Police, Revolution

Give up the tyranny of female charm.

Giving Up, Female, Charm

Albert Camus (1978). “Notebooks, 1935-1942”, Harcourt

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Greatness, Trying, Way

Albert Camus (1965). “Notebooks, 1942-1951”

When I was young, I expected from people more than they could give: neverending friendship and constant excitement. Now I expect less than they can actually can give: to stay close silently. And their feelings, friendship, noble deeds always seem like a miracle to me: a true grace.

People, Giving, Miracle

Beauty, no doubt, does not make revolutions. But a day will come when revolutions will have need of beauty.

Doubt, Doe, Needs

Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.276, Vintage

There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.

Heart, Stubborn, Human Heart

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.103, Vintage

To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.

Ends, Feels

Albert Camus (1962). “The Plague”

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