Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great un…

Emile M. Cioran
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Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of decay, Viking Books
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Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of decay, Viking Books
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. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of … ▶
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Each of us is born with a share of purity, predestined to be corrupted by our commerce with mankind, by that sin against solitude. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of decay, Viking Books
On Creating — What we crave, what we want to see in others eyes, is that servile expression, an unconcealed infatuation with our gestures.

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of decay, Viking Books

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