# Albert Camus's most famous quotes

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy", "Mother died today", "What is a rebel?": Albert Camus's most quoted lines, with the book they come from.

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- May 22, 2022 · astronome99
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## Top 12

1. **To misname things is to add to the misery of the world.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — "On a philosophy of expression", Poésie 44 (1944).
2. **The opposite of a civilised people is a creative people.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Nuptials (1938).
3. **One must imagine Sisyphus happy.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), last line.
4. **Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Stranger (1942), opening line.
5. **What is a rebel? A man who says no.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Rebel (1951), opening line.
6. **I rebel, therefore we exist.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Rebel (1951).
7. **In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — "Return to Tipasa", Summer (1954).
8. **There is no shame in being happy.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nuptials (1938).
9. **There can be shame in being happy on one's own.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Plague (1947).
10. **There are more things to admire in men than to despise.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Plague (1947).
11. **A convenient way of getting to know a town is to find out how people work there, how they love and how they die.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Plague (1947), opening.
12. **At my age one is necessarily sincere. Lying is too tiring.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Plague (1947).

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