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All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

Quote by Albert Camus about politics, state, power

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, mind

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

Quote by Albert Camus about reality, city, society, life

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.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, defects, numbers, things, man

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

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, man, face

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

Quote by Albert Camus about nature, salary, autumn, garden, spring

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

Quote by Albert Camus about beauty, despair, eternity, time

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Quote by Albert Camus about love

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Quote by Albert Camus about happiness, harmony, man, life

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Quote by Albert Camus about guvernement, conscience, nothing

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

Quote by Albert Camus about people, charm, question

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Quote by Albert Camus about culture, destiny, man, face

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.

Quote by Albert Camus about friendship, opinion, faith, good, good luck, contentment

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Quote by Albert Camus about moral, judgment, day

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Quote by Albert Camus about friendship

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

Quote by Albert Camus about philosophy, innocence, melancholia, being

Every revolutionary ends can become either an oppressor or a heretic.

Quote by Albert Camus about politics, end

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Quote by Albert Camus about politics, end

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...

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, crime, criminals, force, law, state, death, man

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Quote by Albert Camus about liberty, chance, nothing