Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted t…

Emile M. Cioran
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Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted to it; this world is no less so, since here we regret paradise or anticipate another one. What to do? Where to go? Do nothing and go nowhere, easy enough. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
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Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted to it; this world is no less so, since here we regret paradise or anticipate another one. What to do? Where to go? Do nothing and go nowhere, easy enough. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books

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