Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

L'homme est la seule créature qui refuse d'être ce qu'il est.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Human nature Being oneself Authenticity The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Rebel

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

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Citation

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

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What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Rebellion Revolution

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Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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

Another quote from the 1950s

To abolish the fences of laws between men—as tyranny does—means to take away man's liberties and destroy freedom as a living political reality; for the space between men as it is hedged in by laws, is the living space of freedom.

Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism

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Rule of law

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Hannah Arendt
Source
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Schocken Books, 1951, pt. 3, ch. 13.

Another quote about Human nature

How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic
Human potential Human nature

Author

Lord Byron
Source
Don Juan
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1824 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Hunt, 1824, canto 15, st. 99.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 15, st. 99.

Another quote originally in French

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also-He above all-is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended.

Henri-Frederic Amiel

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Alienation

Author

Henri-Frederic Amiel
Source
Journals of Henri Frederic Amiel
Medium
Personal journal
Language
French
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Amiel, Henri-Frederic. Journal entry. 27 May 1849.