“Out of the shadow of the abstract man, who thinks for the pleasure of thinking, emerges the organic man, who thinks because of a vital imbalance, and who is beyond science and art.”

— Emil M. Cioran

On the Heights of Despair (1934)

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Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911–1995

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“However the three classes of beings created by the manners are:
The man who works;
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The man who does nothing.”

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer

Part I. Généralités (Generalities), Chapter I. Prolégomènes (Prolegomena).
Treatise on Elegant Life (1830)
Original: (fr) Or les trois classes d'être créés par les mœurs sont :
L'homme qui travaille ;
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L'homme qui ne fait rien.

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“A politician … is a man who thinks of the next election; while the statesman thinks of the next generation.”

James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) American theologian and writer

" Wanted, a Statesman! http://books.google.com/books?id=oSNYAAAAYAAJ&q=%22A+politician%22+%22is+a+man+who+thinks+of+the+next+election+while+the+statesman+thinks+of+the+next+generation%22&pg=PA644#v=onepage", Old and New magazine, December 1870.

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Source: Meditations

“Out of the shadow of the abstract man, who thinks for the pleasure of thinking, emerges the organic man, who thinks because of a vital imbalance, and who is beyond science and art.”

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