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Emil Cioran1911–1995

Emil Cioran on life and death

Can it really be that for us existence means exile, and nothingness, home?

On the Heights of Despair (1934)

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Isn’t history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?
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The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.
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Tears do not burn except in solitude.
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