Albert Camus quote about truth from The Fall - Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
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“ Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. ”
 Albert Camus, The Fall (1956). copy citation

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Author Albert Camus
Source The Fall
Topic truth lies light
Date 1956
Language English
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Note Translated by Justin O'Brien
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“On voit parfois plus clair dans celui qui ment que dans celui qui dit vrai. La vérité, comme la lumière, aveugle. Le mensonge, au contraire, est un beau crépuscule, qui met chaque objet en valeur.” Albert Camus, La Chute

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Albert Camus quote about truth from The Fall - Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
Albert Camus quote about truth from The Fall - Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.