French Philosophy Quotes

“You don’t say, “I’m sorry,”’ he says. ‘Getting injections, and experiencing pain, is part of life. There’s no reason to apologize for that.’ He seems to be channelling Rousseau, who said, ‘If by too much care you spare them every kind of discomfort, you are preparing great miseries for them.’ (I’m not sure what Rousseau thought about suppositories.)”
― Pamela Druckerman, French Children Don't Throw Food

“The man of the future will be young or he will not be.”
― Régis Debray, A Modest Proposal: A Plan for the Golden Years

“Не е ли най-голямото престъпление към човека да тласнем към самота този, който току-що е научил, че не е сам?”
― Албер Камю, The Rebel

“I earned my living by carrying on a dialogue with people I scorned.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

“I wasn’t good enough to forgive offenses, but eventually I always forgot them.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

“But I drank the water, that's certain, while convincing myself that the others needed me more than this fellow who was going to die anyway and that I had a duty to keep myself alive for them. Thus, cher, empires and churches are born under the sun of death.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

“I shall be here tomorrow, as I am every evening, and I’ll be pleased to accept your invitation.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall