Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost… - Emil Cioran

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Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave.

Emil Cioran

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Emil Cioran (8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist whose work is known for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, which frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism.

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Alternative Names: Emil Mihai Cioran • Emil-Michel Cioran

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I believe in the salvation of humanity, in the future of cyanide . . .

All morning, I did nothing but repeat: "Man is an abyss, man is an abyss." — I could not, alas, find anything better.

Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it; hence the mind feels more comfortable in the society of a braggart than in that of a martyr; and nothing is more repugnant to it than the spectacle of dying for an idea.

Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave. - Emil Cioran

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