From Albert Camus's Diaries

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Freedom is the right not to lie.

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Why am I an artist, not a philosopher? Because I think through words, not through ideas.

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The great question of life is how to live among people.

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Tragedy.
L .: Re-creating the world is a trivial task.
Q: We need to recreate man, not the world.

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It is only possible to think through images. If you want to be a philosopher, write novels.

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Grenye on communism: "Should we accept nonsense as the ideal of justice?" The answer is yes, that's nice. The answer is no, it is a matter of conscience. "That's the whole point."

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A free press can be both good and bad. Free press will only get worse.

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Rarely is a person able to understand art.

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Writing means ungrateful work.

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Manu's law:
"A woman's lips, a young girl's breasts, a baby's prayer, the sacrificial fire are always pure."

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In death, play and heroism take on their true meaning.

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(1936), March.
My joy is boundless.

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March 31
I have a feeling as if I am rising from the bottom in a rhythm…

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May.
How beautiful women are when the sun rises in Algeria.

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The woman's fierce and sipo friendship.

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The strongest passion of the twentieth century is Malay.

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The most dangerous way to lose weight: not to look like anyone.

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I prefer not to turn a blind eye to anything.

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Always striving to be right is a sign that the mind is uneducated.

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In the life of any person there are few great feelings and many small feelings…

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Yes, I have a homeland: French.

Translated from the Russian by Mahmoud Saadi

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