"Nous nous trompons toujours deux fois sur ceux que nous aimons: d'abord à leur avantage, puis à leur désavantage."
— Albert Camus

January 1, 1970

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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love — first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. — A Happy Death (written 1938), first published as La mort heureuse (1971), as translated by Richard Howard (1972)