“An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.”

—  Emil M. Cioran , book The Trouble With Being Born

The Trouble With Being Born (1973)

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Emil M. Cioran 531
Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911–1995

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