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

Source: A Short History of Decay, ch. 1, Genealogy of Fanaticism (1949).
-- 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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