It is because we are all impostors that we endure each other. The man …

Emile M. Cioran
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It is because we are all impostors that we endure each other. The man who does not consent to lie will see the earth shrink under his feet: we are biologically obliged to the false ✨ A short history of decay.
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Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim. ✨ History and Utopia. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.
We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Vik … ▶
Ideas come as you walk, Nietzsche said. Walking dissipates thoughts, Shankara taught. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
That history just unfolds, independently of a specified direction, of a goal, no one is willing to admit. ✨ History and Utopia. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.
I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books

It is because we are all impostors that we endure each other. The man who does not consent to lie will see the earth shrink under his feet: we are biologically obliged to the false ✨ A short history of decay.

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