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Albert Camus Quotes You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. Albert Camus Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators. Albert Camus Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question. Albert Camus Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. Albert Camus All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. Albert Camus An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Albert Camus Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. Albert Camus Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty. Albert Camus Integrity has no need of rules. Albert Camus When the body is sad, the heart languishes. Albert Camus Men cry because things are not what they ought to be. Albert Camus Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. Albert Camus A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Albert Camus True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favourite pastime of the great lovers of their own person. Albert Camus Holland is a dream, Monsieur, a dream of gold and smoke - smokier by day, more gilded by night. Albert Camus In Holland, everyone is an expert in painting and in tulips. Albert Camus The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude. Albert Camus The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all - he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly. Albert Camus What is a rebel? A man who says no. Albert Camus Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted. Albert Camus Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence. Albert Camus Murder is terribly exhausting. Albert Camus | |