Quote of Albert Camus - Men are never really willing to...

Biography - Albert Camus:

French philosopher, author, and journalist. Nobel Prize in Literature (1957).
Born: 1913 - Died: 1960
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Algeria

Quote

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.”
Albert Camus

Quotes for: to die:

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.”
Jean de La Bruyere

I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.”
Bertrand Russell

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”
Leonardo da Vinci

To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.”
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims

The thought of death betrays us, for it makes us forget to live.”
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims

Philosophize is to learn how to die.”
Michel de Montaigne - Essays

All for: to die...

Quotes about freedom:

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
Soren Kierkegaard

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."”
Hans Christian Andersen

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.”
Nelson Mandela

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: A Tragedy

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.”
Hannah Arendt

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
George Bernard Shaw

All about freedom...

Albert Camus also said...

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”
Albert Camus - L'Été

The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.”
Albert Camus - Chroniques

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.”
Albert Camus - The Plague

Freedom is not constituted primarily of privilege but of responsibilities.”
Albert Camus

Absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.”
Albert Camus

I revolt, therefore I am.”
Albert Camus - L'Été

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