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We are not certain, we are never certain.

Albert Camus

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Albert Camus
Age: 46 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 7
Died: 1960
Died: January 4
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I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself.
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The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression.
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History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy.
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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
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There is but one freedom, To put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved, and not the reverse.
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Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
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We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
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If one could only say just once: 'this is clear', all would be saved
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