I'll tell you a big secret mon cher. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.

N'attendez pas le Jugement dernier. Il a lieu tous les jours.

Albert Camus

The Fall

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Topic

Being present Life Judgment Day The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Fall

Medium

Novel

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Camus, Albert. La Chute [The Fall]. Editions Gallimard, 1956.

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Another quote by Albert Camus

It is not rebellion itself that is noble, but its aims, even though its achievements are at times ignoble.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Topic
Rebellion Resisting authority

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Medium
Novel
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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

Another quote from the 1950s

There are no warlike peoples-just warlike leaders.

Ralph J. Bunche

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Topic
War
Speaker
Ralph J. Bunche
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1950 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bunche, Ralph J. Address to United Nations. c. 1971, New York City, NY, USA.

Another quote about Life

Birth, and copulation, and death.
That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Nature of life Life
Speaker
Sweeney

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
Fragment of an Agon
Language
English
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. "Fragment of an Agon." Sweeney Agonistes: Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama. Faber & Faber, 1932.

Another quote originally in French

Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Topic
Hypocrisy

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld
Source
Reflections
Medium
Epigram
Language
French
Time
1678 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic
Carrots and sticks Diplomacy International politics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt
Source
Letters of Theodore Roosevelt
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1900 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Letter to Henry L. Sprague. 26 Jan. 1900.