Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately, it …

Emile M. Cioran
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Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately, it is within no one's reach. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
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To claim you are more detached, more alien to everything than anyone, and to be merely a fanatic of indifference! ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
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I have decided not to oppose anyone ever again, since I have noticed that I always end by resembling my latest enemy. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books

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