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I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: He fornicated and read the papers. – Albert Camus

Other quotes by Albert Camus

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. – Albert Camus

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Sound, Noise
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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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Life
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Albert Camus
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I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for it was not on the door of heaven. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Humankind

O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other. – Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution

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Humankind

Every human being is a repeated question asked to the spirit of the Universe. – Mihai Eminescu, translated by Oana Platon

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Humankind

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated His ability. – Oscar Wilde

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Humankind

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