"Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery."
― Albert Camus
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History
― Albert Camus
More From Albert Camus
- "A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."
- "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."
- "All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant’s revolving door."
More In History
- "Libraries are not made, they grow."― Augustine Birrell
- "One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history."― Albert Schweitzer
- "The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective."― Rand Paul