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Albert Camus Quotes: The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
         

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.


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Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.



Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.



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Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?



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You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.



Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?



I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.



You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.



It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

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For the last three years, I've been working on 'Bromst,' and that's all that encompassed my brain. And now that it's out, it will change the way that I think musically.



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... pure honesty is a doubtful quality; it means often lack of imagination.



Here's a summary for the time or attention challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals; they disobey laws for a living.

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This page presents the quote "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.". Author of this quote is Albert Camus. This quote is about humanism, absurdism,.