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Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

Source: The Trouble with Being Born, ch. 3 (1973).
-- Emile M Cioran, (Apr 8 1911-1995), Romanian philosopher, essayist; His work has been noted for its pervasive?philosophical pessimism, and frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, and?nihilism.

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