The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.

Le sens de la vie est la plus pressante des questions.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Topic

Meaning of life The big questions

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Myth of Sisyphus

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.

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

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
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Citation

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

Another quote from the 1940s

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

Groucho Marx

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Topic
Social status Man as social animal

Author

Groucho Marx
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Marx, Groucho. Letter to President of Hollywood Club. c. 1949.

Another quote from 1942

Love may be a sleepy, creeping thing with some others, but it is a mighty wakening thing with me.

Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road

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Nature of love Power of love Love

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Zora Neale Hurston
Source
Dust Tracks on a Road
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1942, ch. 14.

Another quote originally in French

To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Names Poetry
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Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.