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Quote by Albert Camus
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous re

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. – Albert Camus

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We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die. – Albert Camus

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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

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