Albert Camus Quotes

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.
Albert Camus

Love, Small, Once

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.
Albert Camus

Hope, Live, Desire

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.
Albert Camus

Courage, Real, Profound

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.
Albert Camus

Love, Person, Desire

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.
Albert Camus

Real, Passion, Century

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
Albert Camus

Order, Practice, Generosity

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
Albert Camus

Rarely, Confide

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.
Albert Camus

God, Impossible, Turn

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.
Albert Camus

Live, Rich, Poor

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.
Albert Camus

Peace, Death, Heart

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.
Albert Camus

Love, Die, Impossible

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.
Albert Camus

Faith, Time, Enough

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.
Albert Camus

After, Others, Call

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: November 7, 1913

Died: January 4, 1960

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