I react like everyone else, even like those I most despise;… - Emil Cioran

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I react like everyone else, even like those I most despise; but I make up for it by deploring every action I commit, good or bad.

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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Time is heavy sometimes; imagine how heavy eternity must be.

But, braggart demons, we postpone our end: how could we renounce the display of our freedom, the show of our pride?

When I happen to be satisfied with everything, even God and myself, I immediately react like the man who, on a brilliant day, torments himself because the sun is bound to explode in a few billion years.

I react like everyone else, even like those I most despise; but I make up for it by deploring every action I commit, good or bad. - Emil Cioran

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