There is no love of life without despair of life.

Il n'y a pas d'amour de vivre sans désespoir de vivre.

Albert Camus

Love of Life

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Topic

Life Hopelessness and despair The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

Love of Life

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

French

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Camus, Albert. "Love of Life." Lyrical and Critical Essays. Vintage, 1970.

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Another quote by Albert Camus

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Rebellion Revolution

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

Another quote from the 1930s

Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life…but what is that something?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic
What really matters Value of life
Speaker
Riviere

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
Night Flight
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Question
Language
French
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Vol de Nuit [Night Flight]. Éditions Gallimard, 1931, ch. 14.

Another quote about The human condition

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

God

Genesis 3:19

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Work Original sin The human condition
Speaker
God
Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:19).

Another quote originally in French

Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess.

René Descartes

Discourse on Method

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Common sense

Author

René Descartes
Source
Discourse on Method
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1637 1630s 17th century
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Original Citation

Descartes, René [published anonymously]. Discours de la Méthode: Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences [Discourse on Method: To Conduct Reason Well, and Seek Truth in the Sciences]. Leiden, 1637, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Descartes, René. Discourse on the Method, translated by Ian Maclean. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

We need in love to practice only this:
Letting each other go. For holding on
Comes easily; we do not need to learn it.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Relationships Letting go

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
German
Time
1909 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Requiem fur eine Freundin [Requiem for a Friend]. c. 1908.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. "Requiem for a Friend." The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell. Vintage, 1989.