[Welsh Rabbit]

Camus was perhaps not as smart as Sartre, but he was much the better man.

Which is probably why I find Camus a much more enjoyable read. I'm not all that knowledgeable about either man, but I was always impressed with Camus' ability to express complex philosophical ideas in a few short, simple sentences. His stuff has stayed with me, while I've pretty much forgotten most of the Sartre I've read. I once read somewhere that William Faulkner predicted Camus would be remembered long after Sartre (although I don't think Sartre will be forgotten any time soon).

[snarks_when_bored]

In his youth, Sartre drank coffee on the boulevard with Heidegger's thoughts in his head. In his later years, he made his radically free choice (as he might have characterized it) to support Marxist ideology and totalitarian genocides (all "for the good of the people", of course)—a contemptible choice.

I'm sorry I ever spent any time reading Sartre's Being and Nothingness, and I'm glad my younger self was at least able to realize that Sartre's literary efforts weren't worth the time required to read them.