If someone incessantly drops the word "life," you know he's a sick man. - Emil Cioran

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Engraved portrait of Emil Cioran, facing left

If someone incessantly drops the word "life," you know he's a sick man.

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About Emil Cioran

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.

Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Photographer of Keyston agency/Getty Images before Rivarol Premium. Photo taken in the last years of Cioran's life-in-Romania, before his definitive transference in France (1947); first publication 1955-1960s; for Romanian law the artistic and non-artistic photo realized before 1956, or between the years 1956-1996, have their copyright expired. (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: Emil Mihai Cioran Emil-Michel Cioran

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