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History only exists, in the final analysis, for God.

Albert Camus

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Albert Camus
Age: 46 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 7
Died: 1960
Died: January 4
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The truth, as the light, makes blind.
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...there was only one thing that interested her and that was getting into bed with men whenever she'd the chance. And I warned her straight. 'You'll be sorry one day, my girl, and wish you'd got me back'.
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Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.
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[Liberty] is a choreand a long-distance race, quite solitary, quite exhausting.
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Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
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What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
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Art, at least, teaches us that man cannot be explained by history alone and that he also finds a reason for his existence in the order of nature.
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