What I know most surely about morality and the duty of man I owe to sport.

Ce que finalment je sais de plus sur la morale et les obligations des hommes, c'est au sport que je le dois, c'est au RUA que je l'ai appris

Albert Camus

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Sports Morality

Speaker

Albert Camus

Source

La belle époque RUA Magazine

Language

French

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

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France Europe

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Citation

Camus, Albert. "La Belle Époque [The Beautiful Era]." RUA Magazine, 15 Apr. 1953.

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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

Albert Camus

The Fall

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Charm Persuasion

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Albert Camus
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The Fall
Medium
Novel
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Philosophical literature
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Time
1956 1950s 20th century
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Camus, Albert. La Chute [The Fall]. Editions Gallimard, 1956.

Another quote from the 1970s

I fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the President. That's the answer to that. I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.

Harry Truman

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American politics
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Harry Truman
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
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Truman, Harry S. Quoted in Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, written by Merle Miller. Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1974, ch. 24.

Another quote about Morality

The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Genealogy of Morals

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Genealogy of Morals
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1887 1880s 19th century
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift [On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic]. Leipzig: Verlag von C. G. Neumann, 1887, essay 1.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. On the Genealogy of Morals, translated by Michael A. Scarpitti. Penguin Classics, 2014, essay 1.

Another quote originally in French

Of all sexual aberrations perhaps the most curious is chastity.

Remy de Gourmont

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Chastity

Author

Remy de Gourmont
Source
The Natural Philosophy of Love
Language
French
Time
1903 1900s 20th century
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Citation

De Gourmont, Remy. Physique de l'Amor: Essai Sur l'Instinct Sexuel [Physics of Love - Essay on Sexual Instinct]. Mercure de France, 1903, ch. 18.