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Quote by Albert Camus
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in histo

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. – Albert Camus

Other quotes by Albert Camus

If there is sin against life, it consists in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. – Albert Camus

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Sin
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Albert Camus
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Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are. – Albert Camus

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Idealism
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We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others. – Albert Camus

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Perfection
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I dont believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. – Pablo Picasso

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History

Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe. – John Polkinghorne

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History

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. – Michael N. Castle

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History

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice! – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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History

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The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family. – Mario Batali

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Family

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Education

While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs. – Louise Slaughter

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strength

We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve. – John B. S. Haldane

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Failure