What to think of other people? I ask myself this question each time I …

Emile M. Cioran
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What to think of other people? I ask myself this question each time I make a new acquaintance. So strange does it seem to me that we exist, and that we consent to exist. ✨ Drawn and Quartered. Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.
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What to think of other people? I ask myself this question each time I make a new acquaintance. So strange does it seem to me that we exist, and that we consent to exist. ✨ Drawn and Quartered. Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.

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