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AKA: | Albert Camus |
Birthday: | November 7, 1913 |
Birthplace: | Dréan , French Algeria |
Death: | January 4, 1960 |
Manner of Death: | Accident |
Political Parties: | French Communist Party |
Nationality: | France |
Occupations: | Essayist, Trade Unionist, Journalist, Playwright, Philosopher |
Religion: | Agnostic Atheism |
Spouse: | Francine Faure |
Total quotes: 96
Albert Camus
BirthnameAKA: Albert Camus
Birthday: November 7, 1913
Birthplace: Dréan , French Algeria
Death: January 4, 1960
Manner of Death: Accident
Political Parties: French Communist Party
Nationality: France
Occupations: Essayist, Trade Unionist, Journalist, Playwright, Philosopher
Religion: Agnostic Atheism
Spouse: Francine Faure
Total quotes: 96
“Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.”
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Truth, Lie, false, falsehood, Liar, Ethics, simile, beauty of lying, goodness in falsehood, Creativity, true or false, blinding, Light, Twilight, truth in lying, seeing
“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.”
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self, Experience
“I didn’t like having to explain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and looked at the sea.”
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Conversations
“Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.”
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