Quotations From ALBERT CAMUS

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• 91.

  Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. "The Regicides," pt. 3, The Rebel (1951, trans. 1953).
• 92.

  The world is unimportant and whoever recognizes this conquers his liberty.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian novelist, dramatist, philosopher. Gallimard (1958). Caligula in Caligula, act 1, sc. 10, Pléiade (1962).
  
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• 93.

  We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. "Reflections on the Guillotine," Resistance, Rebellion and Death (1961).
  
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• 94.

  Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. The Rebel, introduction (1951, trans. 1953).
• 95.

  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 (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. The Rebel, pt. 4 (1951, trans. 1953).
  
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• 96.

  Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. The Rebel, pt. 3 (1951, trans. 1953).
  
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• 97.

  In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. The Rebel, pt. 4 (1951, trans. 1953).
  
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• 98.

  Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author. "Reflections on the Guillotine," Resistance, Rebellion and Death (1961). Discussing the failure of capital punishment to act as a deterrent.
  
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• 99.

  I am too far away from what I love and my distance is without remedy.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian novelist, dramatist, philosopher. Gallimard (1958). Martha in The Misunderstanding, act 2, sc. 2, Pléiade (1962).
  
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• 100.

  Martyrs, my dear friend, must choose to be forgotten, mocked or used. As to being understood, never.

  Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian novelist, dramatist, philosopher. The Fall, p. 81, Gallimard (1956).
  
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