Emile M Cioran

Emile M Cioran: No one recovers...

Emile M Cioran: No one recovers...

No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one.

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Emile M Cioran: Every thought derives...

Emile M Cioran: Every thought derives...

Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation.

Source: The Trouble with Being...

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Emile M Cioran: A sensation must...

Emile M Cioran: A sensation must...

A sensation must have fallen very low to deign to turn into an idea.

Source:...

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Emile M Cioran: Imaginary pains are...

Emile M Cioran: Imaginary pains are...

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because...

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Emile M Cioran: To want fame...

Emile M Cioran: To want fame...

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.

Source: The New Gods, ...

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Emile M Cioran: All that shimmers...

Emile M Cioran: All that shimmers...

All that shimmers on the surface of the world, all that we call interesting, is the fruit of ignorance and...

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Emile M Cioran: Consciousness is much...

Emile M Cioran: Consciousness is much...

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.

Source:...

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Emile M Cioran: The history of...

Emile M Cioran: The history of...

The history of ideas is the history of the grudges of solitary men.

Source: In...

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Emile M Cioran: No one can...

Emile M Cioran: No one can...

No one can keep his grieves in their prime; they use themselves up.

Source: In The...

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Emile M Cioran: The fanatic is...

Emile M Cioran: The fanatic is...

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case,...

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Emile M Cioran: Criticism is a...

Emile M Cioran: Criticism is a...

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand...

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Emile M Cioran: My mission is...

Emile M Cioran: My mission is...

My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among...

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Emile M Cioran: Since all life...

Emile M Cioran: Since all life...

Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all.

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Emile M Cioran: There is no...

Emile M Cioran: There is no...

There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.

Source: The New...

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Emile M Cioran: If we could...

Emile M Cioran: If we could...

If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.

Source:...

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Emile M Cioran: One does not...

Emile M Cioran: One does not...

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland -- and no...

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Emile M Cioran: Alone, even doing...

Emile M Cioran: Alone, even doing...

Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself...

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Emile M Cioran: To be human...

Emile M Cioran: To be human...

To be human is no solution, any more than ceasing to be so.

Source: In Webster's...

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Emile M Cioran: Torment, for some...

Emile M Cioran: Torment, for some...

Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.

Source: The...

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Emile M Cioran: Speech and silence....

Emile M Cioran: Speech and silence....

Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his...

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