Albert Camus

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favorite read more

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers of their own person

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in read more

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.

In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.