Camus
The Rebel
One must imagine Sisyphus happy. Albert knew it. The sun, the sea, the revolt. Loving what kills us.
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Life and journey
He was born under the Algerian sun. Fatherless, son of a mother who didn't speak. Albert grew up in light and poverty.
Their thought
The absurd. A word he made livable. The world doesn't answer our questions — so what? One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
What they leave us
He is forty-six years old forever. Whole generations learned to live thanks to a man who wrote about dying.
Major works
The Stranger (1942) — The scandal of indifference.
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) — Why live? The only serious philosophical question.
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24 quotes
“Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Today, mother died. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.”
— L'Étranger
“Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux.”
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“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
— Le Mythe de Sisyphe
“Je me révolte, donc nous sommes.”
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“I rebel, therefore we are.”
— L'Homme révolté
“Au milieu de l'hiver, j'apprenais enfin qu'il y avait en moi un été invincible.”
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“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer.”
— L'Été
“La seule façon de traiter les gens sans liberté, c'est de devenir absolument libre.”
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“The only way to deal with people without freedom is to become absolutely free.”
— Carnets
“Ce n'est pas de ne pas être aimé qui est un malheur, c'est de ne pas aimer.”
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“It's not not being loved that is a disaster, it's not loving.”
— L'Été
“Il y a dans les hommes plus de choses à admirer que de choses à mépriser.”
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“There are more things in men to admire than to despise.”
— La Peste
“L'absurde naît de cette confrontation entre l'appel humain et le silence déraisonnable du monde.”
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“The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human call and the unreasonable silence of the world.”
— Le Mythe de Sisyphe
“Vivre, c'est faire vivre l'absurde.”
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“To live is to experience the absurd.”
— Le Mythe de Sisyphe
“La liberté n'est rien d'autre que d'être meilleur.”
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“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.”
— L'Été
“Il n'y a qu'un problème philosophique vraiment sérieux : c'est le suicide.”
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“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.”
— Le Mythe de Sisyphe
“L'homme est la seule créature qui refuse d'être ce qu'elle est.”
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“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
— L'Homme révolté
“Créer, c'est vivre deux fois.”
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“To create is to live twice.”
— Le Mythe de Sisyphe
“Mal nommer un objet, c'est ajouter au malheur de ce monde.”
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“To misname an object is to add to the misfortune of the world.”
— Sur une philosophie de l'expression
“La vraie générosité envers l'avenir consiste à tout donner au présent.”
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“True generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”
— L'Homme révolté
“Heureux les cœurs qui peuvent plier, car ils ne seront jamais brisés.”
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“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”
— Inconnu
“Sans travail, toute vie pourrit. Mais quand le travail est sans âme, la vie étouffe et meurt.”
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“Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.”
— Inconnu
“La seule façon de traiter avec un monde sans liberté est de devenir si absolument libre que votre existence même est un acte de rébellion.”
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“The only way to deal with a world without freedom is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
— Inconnu
“La vie est absurde, mais vaut la peine d'être vécue, à condition de reconnaître qu'elle est absurde.”
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“Life is absurd, but worth living, provided one recognizes that it is absurd.”
— Inconnu
“Ne marche pas derrière moi, je ne te guiderai peut-être pas. Ne marche pas devant moi, je ne te suivrai peut-être pas. Marche juste à côté de moi and sois mon ami.”
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“Do not walk behind me, I may not lead. Do not walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
— Inconnu
“L'automne est un deuxième printemps où chaque feuille est une fleur.”
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“Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.”
— Inconnu
“La liberté est une occasion d'être meilleur.”
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“Freedom is an opportunity to be better.”
— L'Été
“La bêtise insiste toujours.”
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“Stupidity always insists.”
— Inconnu
“Rien n'est vrai qui force à exclure.”
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“Nothing is true that forces to exclude.”
— Inconnu
