All Albert Camus Quotes
- The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. Absurd
- Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. Consent
- Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face. Age
- Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. Beautiful
- We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. Advantage
- There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. One
- It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting. Funny
- Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot… Besides
- The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone. All
- We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives...… Anti War
- Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. All
- Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. Knack
- Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others. All
- Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. Awareness
- We are all special cases. All
- After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of… All
- The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own… Ceaselessly
- At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. Absurdity
- Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. Argument
- Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. Cry