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Question Quotes by Albert Camus
- Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.
- Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.
- To cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two…
- Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical thought leaves pending, rebellion replies:…
- An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both…
- There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the…
- …there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the…
- But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished…
- To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us…
- There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that…
- From the moment absurdity is recognized, it becomes a passion, the most harrowing of all. But whether or not one can live with one's passions,…
- The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.
- It was previously a question of finding out whether or not life had to have a meaning to be lived. It now becomes clear on…
- I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question. I live with…
- You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.
- There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the…
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