In the end, man is not entirely guilty — he did not start h… - Albert Camus

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In the end, man is not entirely guilty — he did not start history. Nor is he wholly innocent — he continues it.

Albert Camus

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Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French Pied-Noir author, absurdist philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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There is no fate that can not be surmounted by scorn. If the descent is thus sometimes performed in sorrow, it can also take place in joy. This word is not too much. Again I fancy Sisyphus returning toward his rock, and the sorrow was in the beginning.

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In the end, man is not entirely guilty — he did not start history. Nor is he wholly innocent — he continues it. - Albert Camus

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