We call first truths those we discover after all the others
We call first truths those we discover after all the others.
Albert Camus
I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary
I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer
The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret
Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much
Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much.
To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one’s landlady
To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one’s landlady.
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.
We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible
We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.
There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed
There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.