A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright

The Myth of Sisyphus, “Absurd Creation” (1942) [tr. O’Brien (1991)]
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