Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or …

Albert Camus
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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.
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Revolution, in order to be creative, cannot do without either a moral or metaphysical rule to balance the insanity of history.
Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Fall, p.56, Vintage
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I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. … ▶
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