People Quotes by Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy.

— Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

Yes, everything is simple. It's people who complicate things.

— Albert Camus

My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people.

— Albert Camus

Old married people look so much alike that they have the same number of hairs in their ears.

— Albert Camus

[Paris] is dirty. It has pigeons and black yards. The people have white skin.

— Albert Camus

But too many people now climb onto the cross merely to be seen from a greater distance, even if they have to…

— Albert Camus

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note…

— Albert Camus

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there…

— Albert Camus

Il y a dans les hommes plus de choses a' admirer que de choses a' me priser. There are more things to…

— Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

“Besides, I have to admit that whatever interest you can get people to take in you doesn’t last very long.”

— Albert Camus

If pimps and thieves everywhere were always punished, honest people would all believe themselves always to be innocent.

— Albert Camus

In Oran, as elsewhere, for want of time and thought, people have to love one another without knowing it.

— Albert Camus

It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite…

— Albert Camus

Moreover, most people, assuming they had not altogether abandoned religious observances, or did not combine them naively with a thoroughly immoral way…

— Albert Camus

For instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion…

— Albert Camus

To begin with, poor people´s memory is less nourished than that of a rich; it has fewer landmarks in space because they…

— Albert Camus

But it's not easy. I've been thinking it over for years. While we loved each other we didn't need words to make…

— Albert Camus

I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the…

— Albert Camus

When I was young I asked more of people than they could give: everlasting friendship, endless feeling. Now I know to ask…

— Albert Camus

When I was young, I expected from people more than they could give: neverending friendship and constant excitement. Now I expect less…

— Albert Camus

Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse…

— Albert Camus

I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question.…

— Albert Camus

Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard…

— Albert Camus

Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's…

— Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

There are people who vindicate the world, who help others live just by their presence.

— Albert Camus

No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.

— Albert Camus

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

— Albert Camus

There are people who prefer to look their fate in the eye

— Albert Camus

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

— Albert Camus

In fact, other people create for lack of power. I, on the other hand, do not need a work: I live.

— Albert Camus

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.

— Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.

— Albert Camus

I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.

— Albert Camus

At times I feel myself overtaken by an immense tenderness for these people around me who live in the same century.

— Albert Camus