--- title: "4 Dead man Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "4 Dead man quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Dead man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/albert-camus-47_dead-man_a-ridiculous-fear-pursued-me-in-fact-one_520892.jpg" --- > [“A ridiculous fear pursued me, in fact: one could not die without having confessed all one's lies. Not to God or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/a-ridiculous-fear-pursued-me-in-fact-one-could-not-die-without-having/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/albert-camus-47_dead-man_a-ridiculous-fear-pursued-me-in-fact-one_520892.jpg) > [He seemed so certain about everything, didn't he? And yet none of his certainties was worth one hair of a woman's head.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/he-seemed-so-certain-about-everything-didn-t-he-and-yet-none-of-his/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/albert-camus-47_alive_he-seemed-so-certain-about-everything-di_764459.jpg) > [But what are a hundred million deaths? When one has served in a war, one hardly knows what a dead man is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/but-what-are-a-hundred-million-deaths-when-one-has-served-in-a-war/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/albert-camus-47_corpses_but-what-are-a-hundred-million-deaths-wh_1916926.jpg) > [“He wasn’t even sure he was alive, because he was living like a dead man. Whereas it looked as if I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/he-wasn-t-even-sure-he-was-alive-because-he-was-living-like-a-dead/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/albert-camus-47_dead-man_he-wasn-t-even-sure-he-was-alive-because_2553677.jpg) ## Other authors on Dead man - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-patricia-briggs-73497.jpg) Patricia Briggs 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-man/patricia-briggs/) ## More by Albert Camus > [“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-whole-town-rushed-outside-to-celebrate-this-crowded-minute-when/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/generally-i-like-all-islands-there-it-is-easier-to-rule/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Being is good, but getting rich is better… If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/being-is-good-but-getting-rich-is-better-if-the-gods-had-only-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-more-i-produce-the-less-i-am-certain-on-the-road-along-which-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of our most beautiful images, for you gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/having-been-not-only-mutilated-in-our-country-wounded-in-our-very/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-ve-seen-of-enough-of-people-who-die-for-an-idea-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-best-are-led-to-make-greater-demands-upon-themselves-as-for-those/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/then-he-asked-me-if-i-wasn-t-interested-in-a-change-of-life-i-said/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/life-is-meaningless-but-worth-living-provided-you-recognize-it-s/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/thinking-of-the-future-establishing-aims-for-oneself-having/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-explained-to-him-however-that-my-nature-was-such-that-my-physical/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-only-way-to-deal-with-an-unfree-world-is-to-become-so-absolutely/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“We love people not because for good they did for us, but for good we did for them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-love-people-not-because-for-good-they-did-for-us-but-for-good-we/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/you-have-so-much-inside-you-and-the-noblest-happiness-of-all-don-t/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-desire-for-possession-is-insatiable-to-such-a-point-that-it-can/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-man/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "4 Dead man Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A ridiculous fear pursued me, in fact: one could not die without having confessed all one's lies. 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