To think is to submit to the whims and commands of an uncertain health.
Quotes from Anathemas and Admirations — Emil Cioran
1911–1995 France
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What is marvelous is that each day brings us a new reason to disappear.
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Is it conceivable to adhere to a religion founded by someone else?
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The need to devour oneself absolves one of the need to believe.
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What is not heartrending is superfluous, at least in music.
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Who does not believe in Fate proves that he has not lived.
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I'd rather offer my life as a sacrifice than be necessary to anything.
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To think we could have spared ourselves from living all that we have lived!
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What I know wreaks havoc upon what I want.
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How many disappointments are conducive to bitterness? One or a thousand, depending on the subject.
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The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell.
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Opinions, yes; convictions, no. That is the point of departure for an intellectual pride.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Emil Cioran (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.