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Fortunate those who, born before science, were privileged to die of their first disease!

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

True confessions are written with tears only. But my tears would drown the world, as my inner fire would reduce it to ashes.

A human being possessed by a belief and not eager to pass it on to others is a phenomenon alien to the earth, where our mania for salvation makes life unbreathable.

Fortunate those who, born before science, were privileged to die of their first disease! - Emil Cioran

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