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The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.


Albert Camus

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ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
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MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY ...reduction is precisely what a work of art opposes. Easy answers...annotations, arrows...an oudine...
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D.A. CARSON Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.
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GERTRUDE STEIN Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century.
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ERIC HOFFER If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be define...
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ALBERT CAMUS Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you. So just forge...
ALBERT CAMUS He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
ALBERT CAMUS How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spa...
ALBERT CAMUS What is a rebel? A man who says no
ALBERT CAMUS Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
ALBERT CAMUS When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.
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