In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at leas…

Albert Camus
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In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt, p.261, Vintage
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In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt, p.261, Vintage

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