For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.
Albert Camus quote Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Albert Camus quote For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
Albert Camus quote Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.
Albert Camus quote Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.
Albert Camus quote Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
Albert Camus quote All that I know surely about morality and the obligations of man, I owe to football.
Albert Camus quote True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favourite pastime of the great lovers of their own person.
Albert Camus quote Biography
20th century author
