By Albert Camus
SIMILAR QUOTES
It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.
If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.
Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it.
When knowledge is limited – it leads to folly… When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.
He who fears to weep should learn to be kind to those who weep.
Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.
You can’t have a better today and tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.
Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.
A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.
Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.
