There is only this swarm of dying creatures stricken with l… - Emil Cioran

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There is only this swarm of dying creatures stricken with longevity, all the more hateful in that they are so good at organizing their agony.

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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Albert Camus Fernando Pessoa Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche Henry Miller

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Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without destroying the other. Which is what I do every day. An apparently ineffectual operation, since I must begin all over again the next day.

The moment we believe we've understood everything grants us the look of a murderer.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live — moreover, the only one.

There is only this swarm of dying creatures stricken with longevity, all the more hateful in that they are so good at organizing their agony. - Emil Cioran

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