It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth

Albert Camus
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It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence. ✨ ALBERT CAMUS (1971). NOBEL PRIZE LIBRARY
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It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence. ✨ ALBERT CAMUS (1971). NOBEL PRIZE LIBRARY

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