Albert Camus Quotes

In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment.

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Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is any one composer who gives us reason and emotion, it is Bach.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.
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Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.
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As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
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Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me – if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.
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So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.
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Remember only this of our hopeless loveThat never till Time is doneWill the fire of the heart and the fire of the mind be one.
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This debate is coming down essentially to two visions - Mr. Harper's vision for Canada and my vision for Canada, and to a decision to be made by people disappointed by Mr. (Stephane) Dion
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Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
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We have entered 'The Era of the Three-Option Woman and the No-Option Man.'
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Who would expect it so? From darkness light is brought, Life rises out of Death, And Something comes from Naught.
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Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions.
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Every time a man is begotten and born, the clock of human life is wound up anew to repeat once more its same old tune that has already been played innumerable times, movement by movement and measure by measure, with insignificant variations.
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Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and furthered the race of men, are those who have made direct use of the book of the world.
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We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.
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When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.
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I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it.
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The first record I bought may have been Del Shannon's 'Runaway.'
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Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.
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In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment.