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
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A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may say so, exhausted.
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And so I learned that familiar paths traced in the dusk of summer evenings may lead as well to prison as to innocent untroubled sleep.
hands earth may
What on earth prompted you to take a hand in this?" "I don't know. My… my code of morals, perhaps." "Your code of morals. What code, if I may ask?" "Comprehension.
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There may be responsible persons, but there are no guilty ones.
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The most knowledgeable person in one domain may be the most ignorant in another.
friendship heaven may
May heaven protect us, cher monsieur, from being set on a pedestal by our friends!!!
feelings may intense
An intense feeling carries with it its own universe, magnificent or wretched as the case may be.
character writing may
A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.
life may interest
I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.
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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.
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I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
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I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.
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An intellectual is a person whose mind watches itself
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Every revolution ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic