Emile M. Cioran

To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#hope #lie #live #oneself #signifies

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#envy #even #insignificant #kind #most

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#fame #forgotten #prefer #scorned #than

Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#cannot #extinguished #function #seduce #tolerance

Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#appetite #men #need #some #some men

Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#calling #conflict #end #police #them

Under each formula lies a corpse. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#each #formula #lies #under

We are born to Exist, not to know, to be, not to assert ourselves. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#born #exist #know #ourselves

We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#despair #facade #formula #give #must

We derive our vitality from our store of madness. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#madness #our #store #vitality