Quotes by Albert Camus about Opinion

16 quotes by Albert Camus about opinion

Albert Camus French Philosopher

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most...

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

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After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, while those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.

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An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike...

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

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Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of...

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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.

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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy...

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

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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 only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all...

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

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The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

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To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

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Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to...

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

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What is a rebel? A man who says no.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

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In all my study of history, I have never found a time or...

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now.

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