Albert Camus

It seems that the people of Oran are like that friend of Flaubert who, on the point of death, casting a last glance at the irreplaceable earth, exclaimed: "Close the window, it's too beautiful. ↗

— Albert Camus

#gustave-flaubert #oran #beauty

There is only one class of men, the privileged class ↗

— Albert Camus

#mankind #privilege #men

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes. ↗

— Albert Camus

#death

On veut gagner de l'argent pour vivre heureux et tout l'effort et le meilleur d'une vie se concentrent pour le gain de cet argent. le bonheur est oublié, le moyen pris pour la fin. ↗

— Albert Camus

#money #money

Je puis nier une chose sans me croire obligé de la salir ou de retirer aux autres le droit d'y croire. ↗

— Albert Camus

#religion #tolerance #religion

You see, Mersualt, all the misery and cruelty of our civilisation can be measured by this one stupid axiom: happy nations have no history. ↗

— Albert Camus

#happiness #history #misery #death

And with pain and joy, their hearts learned to hear that double lesson which leads to a happy death. ↗

— Albert Camus

#life #death

The truth is I wasn't brought into the world to write newspaper articles. But it's quite likely I was brought into the world to live with a woman. ↗

— Albert Camus

#love #women #life

[Many artists], even the greatest ones, are not sure of their own existence. So they search for proof, they judge, they condemn. It strengthens them, it is the beginnings of existence. They are alone! ↗

— Albert Camus

#life

To create today is to create dangerously. Any publication is an act, and that act exposes one to the passions of an age that forgives nothing. ↗

— Albert Camus

#creativity #publication #age