The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, an…

Albert Camus
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The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.121, Vintage
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The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.121, Vintage

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