Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 November 1913
CountryFrance
french-philosopher great last shall takes wait
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
great judgement last secret shall takes wait
I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.
greater
Travel, which is like a greater and a graver science, brings us back to ourselves.
lying men greatness
The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.
demand greater deserve
The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.
country mean greatness
There are means that cannot be excused. And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don't want just any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive.
fate greatness destiny
Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics.
men greatness liberty
Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.
great-love despair conquer
You must have a love, a great love, to ensure an alibi at unjustified despairs that conquer all of us
greatness echoes humanity
For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always bring us, in the midst of crime and folly, the echo of that harmonious insurrection which bears witness, throughout the centuries, to the greatness of humanity.
love great-love objects
I conceived at least one great love in my life, of which I was always the object.
secret faces great-work
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.
greatness trying way
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
new-beginnings bad-ass greatness
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.