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The human condition5 quotes
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. — Albert Camus · 1951Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die. — Albert Camus · 1953I'll tell you a big secret mon cher. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. — Albert Camus · 1956Sisyphyus, proletarian of the gods, powerless and rebellious, knows the whole extent of his wretched condition: it is what he thinks of during his descent. The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory. There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. — Albert Camus · 1942There is no love of life without despair of life. — Albert Camus · 1937God and man2 quotes
Our heart is restless until it rests in you. — St. Augustine · 400Too 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 · 400Human nature2 quotes
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. — Albert Camus · 1951The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls. — St. Augustine · 400Law2 quotes
Integrity has no need of rules. — Albert Camus · 1942A law that is not just does not seem to me to be a law. — St. Augustine · 389Life2 quotes
I'll tell you a big secret mon cher. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. — Albert Camus · 1956There is no love of life without despair of life. — Albert Camus · 1937Politics2 quotes
Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951Politics, and the fate of mankind, are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness. — Albert Camus · 1962Rebellion2 quotes
What 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 · 1947Revolution2 quotes
What is a rebel? A man who says no. — Albert Camus · 1951Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951Absurdity of life1 quote
Sisyphyus, proletarian of the gods, powerless and rebellious, knows the whole extent of his wretched condition: it is what he thinks of during his descent. The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory. There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. — Albert Camus · 1942Acceptance of death1 quote
Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die. — Albert Camus · 1953Authenticity1 quote
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. — Albert Camus · 1951Battle1 quote
Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. — Suetonius · 52Being oneself1 quote
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. — Albert Camus · 1951Being present1 quote
I'll tell you a big secret mon cher. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. — Albert Camus · 1956Charm1 quote
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. — Albert Camus · 1956Chastity1 quote
Give me chastity and continency—but not yet! — St. Augustine · 398Children1 quote
The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls. — St. Augustine · 400Community1 quote
A people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. — St. Augustine · 426Death1 quote
Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die. — Albert Camus · 1953Ego1 quote
We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all costs, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself. — Albert Camus · 1956Goodwill1 quote
Hear the other side. — St. Augustine · 391Hopelessness and despair1 quote
There is no love of life without despair of life. — Albert Camus · 1937Imagination1 quote
When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning. — Albert Camus · 1957Judgment Day1 quote
I'll tell you a big secret mon cher. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. — Albert Camus · 1956Listening1 quote
Hear the other side. — St. Augustine · 391Loving God1 quote
Too 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 · 400Meaning of life1 quote
The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions. — Albert Camus · 1942Modern life1 quote
A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers. — Albert Camus · 1956Morality1 quote
What I know most surely about morality and the duty of man I owe to sport. — Albert Camus · 1979Nations1 quote
A people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. — St. Augustine · 426