What I know most surely about morality and the duty of man I owe to sport.

Ce que finalment je sais de plus sur la morale et les obligations des hommes, c'est au sport que je le dois, c'est au RUA que je l'ai appris

Albert Camus

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Topic

Sports Morality

Speaker

Albert Camus

Source

La belle époque RUA Magazine

Language

French

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Camus, Albert. "La Belle Époque [The Beautiful Era]." RUA Magazine, 15 Apr. 1953.

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Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Revolutionaries Revolution Political theory Politics

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Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

Another quote from the 1970s

The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything...it's Forty-two.

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Topic
Meaning of life

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Douglas Adams
Source
Fit the Fourth The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Medium
Novel
Genre
Science fiction
Statement Type
Joke
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Original Citation

Adams, Douglas. "Fit the Fourth." The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Primary Phase. BBC Radio 4, London, England, UK, 29 Mar. 1978.

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Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Pan Books, 1979, ch. 31.

Another quote about Morality

The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Genealogy of Morals

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The common man Morality

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Genealogy of Morals
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1887 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift [On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic]. Leipzig: Verlag von C. G. Neumann, 1887, essay 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. On the Genealogy of Morals, translated by Michael A. Scarpitti. Penguin Classics, 2014, essay 1.

Another quote originally in French

The easy, gentle and sloping path…is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Formation of character

Author

Michel de Montaigne
Source
Of Cruelty Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Cruaute [Of Cruelty]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Cruelty." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.