Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

By : Albert Camus

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

By : Albert Camus

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

By : Albert Camus

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

By : Albert Camus

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

By : Albert Camus

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

By : Albert Camus

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.

By : Albert Camus

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

By : Albert Camus

Integrity has no need of rules.

By : Albert Camus

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

By : Albert Camus

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

By : Albert Camus

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

By : Albert Camus