The great courage is to stare as squarely at the light as at death.

—Albert Camus

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Albert Camus ( kam-OO; French: [albɛʁ kamy] ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, writer, 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, and the first laureate in literature...

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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

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There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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America: a country where everything is done to prove life isn't tragic.

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Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

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If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.

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Acknowledging fear is not a cause for depression or discouragement. Because we possess such fear, we also are potentially entitled to experience fearlessness. True fearlessness is not the reduction of fear; but going beyond fear.

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