Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, co…

Emile M. Cioran
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Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity. ✨ History and Utopia. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.
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Chaos is rejecting all you have learned, chaos is being yourself. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of decay, Viking Books
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Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity. ✨ History and Utopia. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

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