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Ah! my friend, for whomever is alone, without a god and without a master, the weight of time is... More
It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce... More
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is... More
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. More
Manhattan. Sometimes from beyond the skyscrapers, across the hundreds of thousands of high walls,... More
To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage... More
As usual I finish the day before the sea, sumptuous this evening beneath the moon, which writes... More
Children will still die unjustly even in a perfect society. Even by his greatest effort, man can... More
Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present. More
There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you... More
This world, such as it is, is not tolerable. Therefore I need the moon, or happiness, or... More
Ah! you do not know that we are never alone! And that everywhere the same weight of the future... More
[Love] is the type of disease that spares neither the intelligent nor the idiotic. More
After all, I do not have so many ways of proving that I am free. We is always free at the expense... More
Helicon: “It takes one day to make a senator and ten years to make a worker.”
Caligula:... More
How hard, how bitter it is to become a man! More
Do not be surprised. I do not like writers and I cannot stand their lies. They speak so as not to... More
Oh! Caesonia, I knew men could despair, but I did not know what that word meant. I thought like,... More
What is a firm hand to me, of what use to me is this astonishing power if I cannot change the... More
Living, Caesonia, is the opposite of loving. More
Men die and they are not happy. More
Honesty, respectability, the “what-will-people-say”, the wisdom of nations, nothing means... More
In fact, other people create for lack of power. I, on the other hand, do not need a work: I live. More
... it is true that I do not respect [human life] more than I respect my own life. And if it is... More
Men cry because things are not what they ought to be. More
A man of honor is so rare an animal in this world that I could not stand the sight of him for too... More
... there are two types of happiness and I have chosen that of the murderers. For I am happy.... More
Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men’s... More
Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes... More
All I want is the moon, Helicon. I know in advance what will kill me. I have not yet exhausted... More
I laugh when I think that all of Rome made it a point not to pronounce Drusilla’s name. Because... More
For a man who loves power, competition from the gods is annoying. I have done away with that. I... More
The mistake that men make is that they do not believe in theater. Otherwise, they would know that... More
The world is unimportant and whoever recognizes this conquers his liberty. More
People believe a man is in distress because his loved one dies in one day. But his real pain is... More
But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent! More
Lies are never innocent. And yours makes beings and things important. That is what I cannot... More
Listen to me, imbecile. If the Treasury is important, then human life is not. This is clear. All... More
Losing life is a trifle and I will have that courage when I need it. But to see the meaning of... More
Most men are like me. They cannot live in a universe where the most bizarre thought can in one... More
... I want to live and be happy. I believe that we cannot be one or the other by pushing the... More
Accept life, take it as it is? Stupid. The means of doing otherwise? Far from our having to take... More
The society of merchants can be defined as a society in which things disappear in favor of signs.... More
Modern conquerors can kill, but do not seem to be able to create. Artists know how to create but... More
It would be unjust, and moreover Utopian, for Shakespeare to direct the shoemakers’ union. But... More
The society based on production is only productive, not creative. More
The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm. More
Happiness is generous. It does not subsist on destruction. More
... like anyone else who does not have a soul, you cannot stand anyone who has too much of one.... More
Over there, in Europe, all was shame and anger. Here it was exile or solitude, among these... More
In this vast country that he had so loved, he was alone. More
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a... More
Gilbert Jonas, painter, believed in his star.... His own faith was not, however, without its... More
But [Jonas] quickly understood that a disciple was not necessarily someone who wishes to learn... More
[Many artists], even the greatest ones, are not sure of their own existence. So they search for... More
As the artist Jonas’ name appeared in the gazettes, he began to be called upon, like all other... More
She especially liked being loved, and he had submerged her in his attentiveness. By making her... More
D’Arrast: “Just tell me, has your good Jesus always answered your call?”
The Rooster:... More
Powerful, yes, that is the word that I constantly rolled on my tongue, I dreamed of absolute... More
One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. More
As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla.... More
Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of... More
A trial cannot be conducted by announcing the general culpability of a civilization. Only the... More
The most eloquent eulogy of capitalism was made by its greatest enemy. Marx is only... More
If man is reduced to being nothing but a character in history, he has no other choice but to... More
The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions. More
The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude. More
Marxism is not scientific: at the best, it has scientific prejudices. More
In our wildest aberrations we dream of an equilibrium we have left behind and which we naively... More
Whereas the Greeks gave to will the boundaries of reason, we have come to put the will’s... More
Old married people look so much alike that they have the same number of hairs in their ears. More
I, who am speaking to you, if I had had the chance to choose my father, I would not have been born. More
You will see ... that it is easier to go down the social ladder than to climb it. More
... unhappiness is like marriage. We believe we chose it, but then it is choosing us. That is how... More
You know very well that I no longer think. I am far too intelligent for that. More
The warning given to Louis XVI: “No, sire, this is not a rebellion, it is a revolution,”... More
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. More
History, as an entirety, could only exist in the eyes of an observer outside it and outside the... More
Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe... More
Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction: therefore it destroys freedom. More
Europe has lived on its contradictions, flourished on its differences, and, constantly... More
Since time immemorial, one the dry earth, scraped to the bone, of this immeasurable country, a... More
She knew that Marcel needed her and that she needed this need, that it kept her alive night and... More
... one cannot be happy in exile or in oblivion. One cannot always be a stranger. I want to... More
The spring over there takes you by the throat, the flowers blooming by the thousands over white... More
... I suppose that it is not so easy to go home and it takes a bit of time to make a son out of a... More
Happiness is not everything and men have their duties. Mine is to find my mother, a homeland More
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. More
Seventy-five million Jews deported or murdered, that’s cleansing. I admire such thoroughness,... More
The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive... More
History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy. More
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images. More
Indeed, men never know how to love. nothing satisfies them. All they know is to dream, to imagine... More
Have pity, Lord, on those who love and are separated. More
Ah! you can die, the world can collapse, I have lost the one I love. I must now live in this... More
... here, where the gaze is stopped everywhere, the whole earth is designed so that the face... More
What is human in me is not what is best in me. What is human in me is that I desire, and to... More
I am too far away from what I love and my distance is without remedy. More
What would become of the world if the condemned started to confide their heartaches to the... More
Old women even forget how to love their sons. The heart gets worn out, Monsieur. More

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