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Commonplace Book:

Albert Camus

Brief Bio: French philosopher, author, and journalist

Lived: 1913-1960

For further info: en.wikipedia.org

Quotes:

“Work, Soul and Life”

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

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“The evil in the world comes almost always from ignorance”

The evil in the world comes almost always from ignorance, and goodwill can cause as much damage as ill-will if it is not enlightened…. There is no true goodness or fine love without the greatest possible degree of clear-sightedness.

1947 from the book The Plague

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“An Invincible Summer”

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

1952 from the book Lyrical and Critical Essays

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