Quotes by Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942

Explore a curated collection of 9 quotes by Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everyt — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
You must realize that men make war as much with the enthusiasm of those who want it as with the despair of those who rej — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
How unbearable, for women, is the tenderness which a man can give them without love. For men, how bittersweet this is. — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to s — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
The misery and greatness of this world: it offers no truths, but only objects for love. Absurdity is king, but love save — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present. — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
Every time a man (myself) gives way to vanity, every time he thinks and lives in order to show off, this is a betrayal. — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
If I had to write a book on morality, it would have a hundred pages and ninety-nine would be blank. On the last page I s — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
February 13, 1936I ask of people more than they can give me. It is useless to maintain the contrary. But what a mistake — Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942