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
men justice trying
I don't want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
giving-up justice giving
Without giving up anything on the plane of justice, yeild nothing on the plane of freedom
integrity law justice
How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.
justice liberty contradiction
Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction, therefore it destroys freedom.
freedom justice liberty
Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.
believe justice people
If pimps and thieves everywhere were always punished, honest people would all believe themselves always to be innocent.
divine-justice would-be sin
He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to free myself. According to him, human justice was nothing and divine justice was everything. I pointed out it was the former that had condemned me.
justice crowns slave
The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.
country justice able
I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
grief men justice
Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.
experience-yourself justice soul
You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.
future historians modern sentence single suffice
I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.
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.