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A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#ideas #much #obsessions #people #represents

Anyone who speaks in the name of others is always an imposter. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#anyone #name #others #speaks #who

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#dagger #flesh #more #much #than

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#constant #constant need #doing #far #feel

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#belief #flourishes #intelligence #only #withers

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#dread #great #inspires #life #more

We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#interest #misfortune #others #spread #us

We understand God by everything in ourselves that is fragmentary, incomplete, and inopportune. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#fragmentary #god #incomplete #ourselves #understand

We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

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