Albert Camus Quotes
Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never!
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Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
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I want to serve the people.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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This is not a phone business. This is the smallest video camera, it's the smallest computer, smallest TV.
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Those who have deeply suffered in some particular way are welded together in an understanding incomprehensible to those who have not so suffered.
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Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never!
