Albert Camus

Albert Camus (1913 - 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include "The Stranger", "The Plague", "The Myth of Sisyphus", "The Fall", and "The Rebel".

Wisdom & Quotes

• Alas, after a certain age, every man is responsible for his own face.

- The Fall

• Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without ever having asked a clear question.

- The Fall

• Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.

- The Fall

• The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

- The Plague

• The soul of a murderer is blind.

- The Plague

• A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

- Resistance, Rebellion and Death

• To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

- Notebooks

• As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life.

- Notebooks

• What is a rebel? A man who says no.

- The Rebel

• All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.

- The Rebel

• There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

- The Myth of Sisyphus

Vincent T Lombardi

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