Born Quotes
We are all born mad, some remain so.
"We are all born mad, some remain so."— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
The line unsettles the boundary between conventional sanity and human eccentricity. It functions as an absurdist dramatic observation, not a diagnosis.
Key takeaway:
Recognize the irony of an absurdist character’s statement.
Origin of the quote
Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Act II.
Who actually said this?
Likely misattributedThe documented dramatic line is Beckett’s, not Camus’s. Some secondary versions alter the second clause.
