Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
Quotes from A Short History of Decay — Emil Cioran
1911–1995 France
56 quotes
We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.
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The universal view melts things into a blur.
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Nothing is indefensible — from the absurdest proposition to the most monstrous crime.
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A Short History of Decay (1949)
A Short History of Decay (1949)
In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world
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When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.
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What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name — and moving on.
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A Short History of Decay (1949)
I dream of wanting — and all I want seems to me worthless.
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We die in proportion to the words we fling around us.
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A Short History of Decay (1949)
Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.
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Chaos is rejecting all you have learned. Chaos is being yourself.
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A Short History of Decay (1949)
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A Short History of Decay (1949)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Emil Cioran (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.