Quotes by Albert Camus about People

Albert Camus French Philosopher

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

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A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

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After a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

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Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

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How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

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In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

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It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

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Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

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Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

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Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

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Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

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Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

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One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

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Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

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The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

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The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

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We are all special cases.

Quote by Albert Camus about people