Quotes from book
A Short History of Decay

Emil M. Cioran Original title Précis de décomposition (French, 1949)
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“The notion of nothingness is not characteristic of laboring humanity: those who toil have neither time nor inclination to weigh their dust; they resign themselves to the difficulties or the doltishness of fate; they hope: hope is a slave's virtue.”

Emil M. Cioran book A Short History of Decay

A Short History of Decay (1949)

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“Nothing is indefensible — from the absurdest proposition to the most monstrous crime.”

Emil M. Cioran book A Short History of Decay

A Short History of Decay (1949)