French - Philosopher | November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960
The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.
Albert Camus
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The society based on production is only productive, not creative.
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Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
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All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.
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We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.
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You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.
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The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.
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Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.
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The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.
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All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.
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To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.
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