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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

The need to be right - the sign of a vulgar mind.


The need to be right - the sign of a vulgar mind.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le besoin d'avoir raison, - marque d'esprit vulgaire.

German
Das Bedürfnis, recht zu haben, ist das Kennzeichen eines gewöhnlichen Geistes.




See also 

See also...



The ignoble nature is distinguished by the fact that it keeps its advantage steadily in view, and that this thought of the end and advantage is even stronger than its strongest impulse.

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.




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In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.





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There are more things to admire in men than to despise.





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.





True artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.





Freedom is not constituted primarily of privilege but of responsibilities.












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