Emile M. Cioran Quotes - Page 5

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• A great step forward was made the day men understood that in order to torment one another more efficiently they would have to gather together, to organize themselves into a society

  Emile M. Cioran

  Men, Order, Together

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• To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Dying, Want, Recycling

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• The refutation of suicide: is it not inelegant to abandon a world which has so willingly put itself at the service of our melancholy?

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  Suicide, World, Melancholy

  Emile M. Cioran (1999). “All Gall is Divided: Gnomes and Apothegms”, p.86, Arcade Publishing

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• What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures?

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  Insomnia, Kind, Endure

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• Melancholy: an appetite no misery satisfies.

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  Sad, Misery, Melancholy

  Emile M. Cioran (1999). “All Gall is Divided: Gnomes and Apothegms”, p.51, Arcade Publishing

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• Discretion is deadly to genius; ruinous to talent.

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  Genius, Talent, Discretion

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• Not one moment when I have not been conscious of being outside Paradise.

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  Paradise, Moments, Conscious

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself.

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  Golden, Golden Rule, Incomplete

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility.

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  Suicide, Suicidal, Men

  "The New Gods". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1969.

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• What music appeals to in us it is difficult to know; what we do know is that music reaches a zone so deep that madness itself cannot penetrate there.

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  Madness, Appeals, Difficult

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• The source of our actions resides in an unconscious propensity to regard ourselves as the center, the cause, and the conclusion of time. Our reflexes and our pride transform into a planet the parcel of flesh and consciousness we are.

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  Pride, Ego, Flesh

  Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books

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• What every man who loves his country hopes for in his inmost heart: the suppression of half his compatriots.

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  Country, Heart, Men

  "History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

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• Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence.

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  Self, Would Be, Scrutiny

  "History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

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• Normal people have nothing to forget.

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  People, Normal, Forget

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• Between the demand to be clear,and the temptation to be obscure, impossible to decide which deserves more respect.

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  Deserve More, Temptation, Demand

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• We are all geniuses when we dream.

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  Dream, Genius

  "The Temptation to Exist". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1956.

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• A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity.

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  Men, Sides, Genius

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• A book is a suicide postponed.

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  Suicide, Book

  "Simone de Beauvoir and Emil Cioran: Blackstar 10/1/16". Interview with Simone de Beauvoir, www.3ammagazine.com. January 16, 2016.

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• Never to have occasion to take a position, to make up one's mind, or to define oneself - there is no wish I make more often.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Mind, Wish, Position

  "History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

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• What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

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  Tragedy, Would Be, Insects

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• Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.

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  Flesh, Daggers, Consciousness

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• There is not much difference between a mortal man and a dying man. The absurdity of making plans is only slightly more obvious in the second case.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Death, Men, Differences

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• Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful.

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  Events, Bitter, Sometimes

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• Between Ennui and Ecstasy unwinds our whole experience of time.

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  Bored, Unwind, Ecstasy

  Emile M. Cioran (1999). “All Gall is Divided: Gnomes and Apothegms”, p.50, Arcade Publishing

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• The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla.

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  Needs, Gorillas, Novelty

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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