Men Quotes by Albert Camus

Men die and they are not happy.

— Albert Camus

There are more things to admire in men then to despise.

— Albert Camus

The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.

— Albert Camus

In order to exist, man must rebel.

— Albert Camus

Art and revolt will die only with the last man.

— Albert Camus

Fate is not in man but around him

— Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.

— Albert Camus

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.

— Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

— Albert Camus

The struggle to reach the top is itself enough to fulfill the heart of man. One must believe that Sisyphus is happy.

— Albert Camus

There are always reasons for murdering a man. But there is no justification for his existence.

— Albert Camus

In truth, I was so good at being a man, with such plenitude and simplicity, that I thought I was something of…

— Albert Camus

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

— Albert Camus

So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time.

— Albert Camus

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long…

— Albert Camus

All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness,…

— Albert Camus

I have always thought it would be easier to redeem a man steeped in vice and crime than a greedy, narrow-minded, pitiless…

— Albert Camus

The mind's deepest desire, even in its most elaborate operations, parallels man's unconscious feeling in the face of his universe: it is…

— Albert Camus

...there was only one thing that interested her and that was getting into bed with men whenever she'd the chance. And I…

— Albert Camus

To two men living the same number of years, the world always provides the same sum of experiences. It is up to…

— Albert Camus

How had I not seen that there was nothing more important than an execution, and that when you come right down to…

— Albert Camus

But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I…

— Albert Camus

On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant,…

— Albert Camus

What's natural is the microbe. All the rest-heath, integrity, purity (if you like)-is a product of the human will, of a vigilance…

— Albert Camus

Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined. Society has but little connection with such beginnings. The worm is in man's heart.…

— Albert Camus

...he said firmly, "God can help you. All the men I’ve seen in your position turned to Him in their time of…

— Albert Camus

We must stitch up what has been torn apart, render justice imaginable in the world which is so obviously unjust, make happiness…

— Albert Camus

A sub-clerk in the post office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them. All experiences are indifferent…

— Albert Camus

Paneloux is a man of learning, a scholar. He hasn't come in contact with death; that's why he can speak with such…

— Albert Camus

Indeed, men never know how to love. nothing satisfies them. All they know is to dream, to imagine new duties, to look…

— Albert Camus

Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. It would be a mistake to say that…

— Albert Camus

There is a metaphysical honour in ending the world's absurdity. Conquest or play-acting, multiple loves, absurd revolt are tributes that man pays…

— Albert Camus

Thus, I always began by assuming the worst; my appeal was dismissed. That meant, of course, I was to die. Sooner than…

— Albert Camus

All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness,…

— 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

The society of merchants can be defined as a society in which things disappear in favor of signs. When a ruling class…

— Albert Camus

There are more things to admire in men than to despise.

— Albert Camus

Here lives a free man. Nobody serves him.

— Albert Camus