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Albert Camus quotes

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“It is in the thick of a calamity that one gets hardened to the truth, in other words, to silence.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“They fancied themselves free, and no one will ever be free so long as there are pestilences.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“Only the sea, murmurous behind the dingy checkerboard of houses, told of the unrest, the precariousness, of all things in this world.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“Without memories, without hope, they lived for the moment only.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.” Albert Camus, “The Fall” - 1956

“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding. On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“Man is an idea, and a precious small idea, once he turns his back on love. And that's my point; we, mankind, have lost the capacity for love.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“At Oran, as elsewhere, for lack of time and thinking, people have to love one another without knowing much about it.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“Why, because an author has more rights than ordinary people, as everybody knows. People will stand much more from him.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when all this ends. For the moment I know this; there are sick people and they need curing.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“Perhaps the easiest way of making a town's acquaintance is to ascertain how the people in it work, how they love, and how they die.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“The truth is I wasn't brought into the world to write newspaper articles. But it's quite likely I was brought into the world to live with a woman.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“So all a man could win in the conflict between plague and life was knowledge and memories.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“Thus each of us had to be content to live only for the day, alone under the vast indifference of the sky.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“What's true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“They were assured, of course, of the inerrable equality of death, but nobody wanted that kind of equality.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“But weariness is a kind of madness. And there are times when the only feeling I have is one of mad revolt.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“Perhaps it was more painful to think of a guilty man than of a dead man.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering?” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

“That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of righting a plague is, common decency.” Albert Camus, “The Plague” - 1947

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