Albert Camus Quotes
One always has exaggerated ideas about what one doesn't know.
Camus, Albert. The Stranger. Translated by Matthew Ward, Vintage Books, 1989.
In Ancient Rome, just as today even in democracies, contemporary historians–journalists–are much dependent on government for access to the facts behind various events and sometimes even the existence of the events themselves. Even in America, the most free and open country in the world there are still events from decades ago the American government has maintained are still secret and classified.
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44 in 1957, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel.