Emile M. Cioran — Philosophical Quotes

187 quotes · Philosopher, Essayist

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Emile M. Cioran Quotes

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Emile M. Cioran

Philosopher, Essayist

Philosophical

“What every man who loves his country hopes for in his inmost heart: the suppression of half his compatriots.”

Men Heart Country

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Emile M. Cioran

Philosopher, Essayist

Philosophical

“To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.”

Sacrifice Envy Venture

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Philosophical

“We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly.”

Ifs Conviction

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Philosophical

“Utopia is a mixture of childish rationalism and secularized angelism.”

Mixtures Utopia

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Philosophical

“Self-conscious rejection of the absolute is the best way to resist God; thus illusion, the substance of life, is saved.”

Self Rejection Substance

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Philosophical

“Losing love is so rich a philosophical ordeal that it makes a hairdresser into a rival of Socrates.”

Love Is Philosophical Rivals

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Philosophical

“Glory - once achieved, what is it worth?”

Glory

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Philosophical

“What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation.”

Pride Revelations

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Philosophical

“To claim you are more detached, more alien to everything than anyone, and to be merely a fanatic of indifference!”

Claims Aliens Indifference

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Philosophical

“Everything turns on pain; the rest is accessory, even nonexistent, for we remember only what hurts. Painful sensations being the only real ones, it is virtually useless to experience others.”

Real Pain Hurt

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Philosophical

“Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity.”

Mind Empires Erode

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Philosophical

“All that shimmers on the surface of the world, all that we call interesting, is the fruit of ignorance and inebriation.”

World Interesting Ignorance

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