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What is a rebel? A man who says no.
Albert Camus
Man
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
Albert Camus
World
We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.
Albert Camus
Love
People
First
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.
Albert Camus
Society
Creation
Culture
Freedom
Future
Jungle
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Albert Camus
Virtue
Evil
Reality
Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.
Albert Camus
Life
Work
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.
Albert Camus
Experience
You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.
Albert Camus
Poor
Trade
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.
Albert Camus
Charm
Question
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
Albert Camus
Happiness
Life
Meaning
Will
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
Albert Camus
Happiness
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
Albert Camus
Money
People
Snobbery
Spiritual
It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
Albert Camus
Money
People
Snobbery
Spiritual
When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.
Albert Camus
Experience
Love
To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.
Albert Camus
Fact
Famous