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“Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly.”

Quote by Albert Camus

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Albert Camus was a French author and philosopher, born on November 7, 1913, and died on January 4, 1960. Known for his unique existentialist philosophy and profound insights into human suffering, Camus' works include 'The Stranger', 'The Plague', and 'The Myth of Sisyphus', which have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more

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Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

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Book:Notebooks, 1942-1951

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“There are some individuals who have too strong a craving, a will, and a nostalgia for happiness ever to reach it. They always retain a bitter and passionate aftertaste, and that's the best they can hope for.”

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Book:Correspondence, 1932-1960

Source: Correspondence, 1932-1960

“There can be no question of masking the evidence, of suppressing the absurd by denying one of the terms of its equation. It is essential to know whether one can live with it or whether, on the other hand, logic commands one to die of it.”

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Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

“Having money is a way of being free of money.”

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Book:Happy Death

Source: Happy Death

“Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to work on it.”

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Author:Albert Camus

“A profound thought is in a constant state of becoming; it adopts the experience of a life and assumes its shape.”

States Becoming Shapes Constant Assuming Profound Profound Thoughts

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

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Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

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Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

“Great novelists are philosopher novelists - that is, the contrary of thesis-writers.”

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Author:Albert Camus