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Albert Camus was a 20th-century French philosopher and writer. Albert Camus was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
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“Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.”
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“It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.”
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“A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end.”
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“Nothing in life is worth,turning your back on,if you love it.”
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“You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.”
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