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Quote by Albert Camus
To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die – and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love. – Albert Camus

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Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future –and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people. – Albert Camus

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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurants revolving door. – Albert Camus

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The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. – Albert Camus

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Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows. – Paulo Coelho

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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, – and the stars through his soul. – Victor Hugo

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Be everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way. – Amrit Desai

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