“A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.”
Emil M. Cioran livre History and Utopia
History and Utopia (1960)
Emil Cioran: Citations en anglais
Emil Cioran était philosophe et écrivain roumain, d'expression roumaine initialement, puis française. Citations en anglais.Emil Cioran: 601 citations3 J'aime
Emil M. Cioran livre De l'inconvénient d'être né
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
Emil M. Cioran livre A Short History of Decay
A Short History of Decay (1949)
“Our place is somewhere between being and nonbeing — between two fictions.”
Anathemas and Admirations (1987)
“Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity.”
Emil M. Cioran livre History and Utopia
History and Utopia (1960)
“The need to devour oneself absolves one of the need to believe.”
Anathemas and Admirations (1987)
“Only one thing matters: learning to be the loser.”
Emil M. Cioran livre De l'inconvénient d'être né
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
“Melancholy redeems this universe, and yet it is melancholy that separates us from it.”
Anathemas and Admirations (1987)
“We must suffer to the end, to the moment when we stop believing in suffering.”
Emil M. Cioran livre De l'inconvénient d'être né
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
“The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla.”
Emil M. Cioran livre De l'inconvénient d'être né
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
“Try as I will, I don't see what might exist…”
Drawn and Quartered (1983)
Drawn and Quartered (1983)
“In our fear, we are victims of an aggression of the Future.”
All Gall Is Divided (1952)
“Saints live in flames; wise men, next to them.”
Tears and Saints (1937)