Albert Camus Quotes

My parents never told me I was beautiful, and for one very good reason. I wasn't. When your child is a tubby, bespectacled little oddity, as I was, it's important not to give them false expectations.

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

A good motto is: use friendliness but do not use your friends.

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.

Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.

Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. (Theon Greyjoy)

I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.

I think it's better to feel good than to look good.

Credit you give yourself is not worth having.

I've never cheated or been cheated upon. I've seen my parents together and secure. So I feel the same way. Infidelity stems from low self-esteem. You want to cheat when you don't feel good about yourself.

I was invincible, at least that's what I wanted you to think, and I wanted me to think it, too.

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me.

If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!

Because I don't really think of myself as a hunk, to be honest.

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.