It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that … - Albert Camus

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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.

Albert Camus

It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why so many, the world over, feel the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy.

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