“The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous.”
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)
Source: The Trouble with Being Born
“In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.”
Emil M. Cioran livre A Short History of Decay
A Short History of Decay (1949)
Emil M. Cioran livre De l'inconvénient d'être né
And they do calm down.
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
Source: The Trouble with Being Born
“Tell me how you want to die, and I'll tell you who you are.”
Variante: Tell me how you want to die, and I'll tell you who you are.
Source: Tears and Saints (1937)
“I cannot contribute anything to this world because I only have one method: agony.”
Source: On the Heights of Despair (1934)
“Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.”
Emil M. Cioran livre De l'inconvénient d'être né
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
Emil M. Cioran livre De l'inconvénient d'être né
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
Source: The Trouble with Being Born
“Revenge is not always sweet: once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim.”
Emil M. Cioran livre History and Utopia
History and Utopia (1960)
“By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing.”
Emil M. Cioran livre A Short History of Decay
A Short History of Decay (1949)
Emil M. Cioran livre De l'inconvénient d'être né
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
Source: The Trouble with Being Born
“The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.”
Emil M. Cioran livre A Short History of Decay
Source: A Short History of Decay (1949)