To those who despair of everything reason cannot provide a faith, but …

Albert Camus
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To those who despair of everything reason cannot provide a faith, but only passion, and in this case it must be the same passion that lay at the root of the despair, namely humiliation and hatred. ✨ Memorable Quotations: Philosophers of Western Civilization. Book by Carol A. Dingle, p. 40, January 1, 2000.
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