Quotations From ALBERT CAMUS

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• 141.

  Just as all thought, and primarily that of non-signification, signifies something, so there is no art that has no signification.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. The Rebel, pt. 4 (1951, trans. 1953).
• 142.

  A man of honor is so rare an animal in this world that I could not stand the sight of him for too long.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian novelist, dramatist, philosopher. Gallimard (1958). Caligula in Caligula, act 3, sc. 4, Pléiade (1962).
  
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• 143.

  Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. "Rebellion and Revolution," ch. 3, The Rebel (1951, trans. 1953).
• 144.

  In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. The Rebel, pt. 4 (1951, trans. 1953).
  
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• 145.

  Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. "Rebellion and Revolution," pt. 3, The Rebel (1951, trans. 1953).
  
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• 146.

  All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. The Rebel (1951, trans. 1953).
  
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• 147.

  Men cry because things are not what they ought to be.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian novelist, dramatist, philosopher. Gallimard (1958). Caligula in Caligula, act 1, sc. 11, Pléiade (1962).
• 148.

  Revolution, in order to be creative, cannot do without either a moral or metaphysical rule to balance the insanity of history.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. "Rebellion and Revolution," pt. 3, The Rebel (1951, trans. 1953).
  
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• 149.

  ... it is true that I do not respect [human life] more than I respect my own life. And if it is easy for me to kill, that is because it is difficult for me to die.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian novelist, dramatist, philosopher. Gallimard (1958). Caligula in Caligula, act 3, sc. 2, Pléiade (1962).
  
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• 150.

  One grows out of pity when it's useless.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), Algerian-born French journalist, writer. The Plague, part 2, ch. 2, p. 77, trans. by Stuart Gilbert, Penguin Modern Classics (1948).