"I cling like a miser to the..." - Quote by Albert Camus
I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things.
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“Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are.”
“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
“Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that you toast in champagne. On the contrary, it's hard graft and a long-distance run, all alone, very exhausting. Alone in a dreary room, alone in the dock before the judges, and alone to make up your mind, before yourself and before the judgement of others. At the end of every freedom there is a sentence, which is why freedom is too heavy to bear.”
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“Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.”
“That the enthusiasm which characterizes youth should lift its parricide hands against freedom and science would be such a monstrous phenomenon as I cannot place among possible things in this age and country.”
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“I don't need 15 houses. Owning real estate doesn't mean much to me. I don't like to think about things like that. I don't need 12 boats, or even the world's largest boat with a crew of 80. I'd have to take care of them, to worry about them. I get a lot more fun out of life without all the bells and whistles.”
“When you can no longer feel the life that you are, you are likely to try to fill up your life with things.”
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