Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself. You won’t delight a man by complimenting him on the efforts by which he has become intelligent or generous. On the other hand, he will beam if you admire his natural generosity.
 Albert Camus, The Fall (1956). copy citation

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Author Albert Camus
Source The Fall
Topic generosity cost
Date 1956
Language English
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Note Translated by Justin O'Brien
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