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“A regret understood by no one: the regret to be a pessimist. It’s not easy to be on the wrong foot with life.”

Quote by Emile M. Cioran

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Emile M. Cioran

Emile M. Cioran was a Romanian-born French philosopher known for his pessimistic and existentialist views. His works deeply explored the essence of human existence, suffering, and nihilism. more

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“Society: an inferno of saviors!”

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“Where are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?”

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“The only way of enduring one disaster after the next is to love the very idea of disaster: if we succeed, there are no further surprises, we are superior to whatever occurs, we are invincible victims.”

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“Reality is a creation of our excesses.”

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