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Philosophical literature13 quotes
What is a rebel? A man who says no. — Albert Camus · 1951A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers. — Albert Camus · 1956There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. — Albert Camus · 1942A people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. — St. Augustine · 426Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. — Albert Camus · 1956All 13 quotes →Political literature5 quotes
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. — Albert Camus · 1951What is a rebel? A man who says no. — Albert Camus · 1951It is not rebellion itself that is noble, but what it demands of you. — Albert Camus · 1947Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning. — Albert Camus · 1957Religious literature5 quotes
Our heart is restless until it rests in you. — St. Augustine · 400A people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. — St. Augustine · 426The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls. — St. Augustine · 400Hear the other side. — St. Augustine · 391Too late I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Too late I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself and there I searched for you. — St. Augustine · 400Autobiography and memoir2 quotes
Give me chastity and continency—but not yet! — St. Augustine · 398Our heart is restless until it rests in you. — St. Augustine · 400Biography1 quote
Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. — Suetonius · 52Historical literature1 quote
Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. — Suetonius · 52