For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
Albert Camus
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- Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
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- Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.
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