Albert Camus Quotes
Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.
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We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number.
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The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.
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I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.
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A lion is called a 'king of beasts' obviously for a reason.
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Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
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It is not rational to assume, without evidence, that rationality can disclose everything about the world, just because it can disclose some things. Our intuition in favour of rationality, where we are inclined to use it, is just that - an intuition. Reason is founded in intuition and ends in intuition, like a pair of massive bookends.
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For it is extremely absurd to expect to be enlightened by reason, and yet to prescribe to her beforehand on which side she must incline.
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Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.
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I had this dream...that we had this new sixth member, for some reason, and he actually ended up being quite horrible! And he started a fight with me! And I wanted him to go away and none of the boys were helping me!
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Success comes to those who are willing to launch toward their goals with no guarantees of success - and persist when there is every reason to give up.
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Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.
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In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
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The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.
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The more important reason is that the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues that we face on a day-to-day basis.
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I'd like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker.
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Animal experimentation is the blackest of all the black crimes that a man is at present committing... We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living be the torture of sentient beings... I abhor [animal] experimentation with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence... The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
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My final, considered judgment is that the hardy bulb garlic blesses and ennobles everything it touches - with the possible exception of ice cream and pie.
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How sweet war is to such as know it not.
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Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.
