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Quote of Albert Camus - To grow old is to pass...


Biography - Albert Camus:

French philosopher, author, and journalist. Nobel Prize in Literature (1957).
Born: 1913 - Died: 1960
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Algeria

To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Vieillir, c'est passer de la passion à la compassion.

German
Älter werden bedeutet, von Leidenschaft auf Mitgefühl überzuwechseln.




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Quotes for: passion


Quotes

Quotes about passion:


Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.





All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.





Nothing great has ever been accomplished without passion.





The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.





There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.





Intelligence is the eye of the soul, not its strength. Its strength is in the heart, that is, in the passions.











Quotes for: compassion


Quotes

Quotes for: compassion


The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.





One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.





If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.





Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.







Quotes

Albert Camus also said...


The need to be right - the sign of a vulgar mind.





In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.





The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





There are more things to admire in men than to despise.





The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.





True artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.












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