To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel …

Albert Camus
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To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile? ✨ Albert Camus (1987). American journals
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Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. ✨ Albert Camus (1964). The fall, & Exile and the kingdom, Random House Inc
Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics. ✨ Carnets, 1935-42 (Notebooks, 1962) p. 99
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And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). Lyrical and Critical Essays, p.75, Vintage

To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile? ✨ Albert Camus (1987). American journals

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