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French Philosopher, Writer November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960

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There comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is that of knowing whether two and two do make four. Albert Camus
But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four Albert Camus
I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world. Albert Camus
At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on..."
I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God. Albert Camus
Physical jealousy is a result of the imagination at the same time as being a self-judgment. One attributes to the rival the nasty thoughts one had oneself in the same circumstances. Albert Camus
Week after week we were reduced to starting the same letter over again and copying out the same appeals, so that after a certain time words which had at first been torn bleeding from our hearts became void of sense. We copied them down mechanically, trying by means of these dead words to give some idea of our ordeal. And in the end, the conventional call of a telegram seemed to us preferable to this sterile, obstinate monologue and this arid conversation with a blank wall. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "Time flies so fast because it does not have any guidance. Like..."
Time flies so fast because it does not have any guidance. Like the moon in its zenith or the horizon. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time,..."
To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well. Albert Camus
I felt as I hadn't felt for ages. I had a foolish desire to burst into tears. for the first time I'd realized how all these people loathed me. Albert Camus
I was wrong, after all, to tell you that the essential was to avoid judgement. The essential is being able to permit oneself everything, even if, from time to time, one has to profess vociferously one's own infamy. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "the play of the toughest and most lucid mind are at the same..."
...the play of the toughest and most lucid mind are at the same time both lavished and squandered. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but I..."
On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but I remembered just in time that I'd killed a man. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of..."
And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "When the time to die comes, it does not matter how and when it..."
When the time to die comes, it does not matter how and when it happens. Albert Camus

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