No man can live on the stretch all the time, with his energy and will-power strained to the breaking-point, and it is a joy to be able to relax at last and loosen nerves and muscles that were braced for the struggle.
 Albert Camus, The Plague (1947). copy citation

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Author Albert Camus
Source The Plague
Topic joy power
Date 1947
Language English
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Note Translated by Stuart Gilbert
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