Quotes by Cioran, E. M.

Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven't been >>

The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neithe >>

If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spo >>

Quotations about Decay

There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation. >>

Old age cannot be cured. An epoch or a civilization cannot be prevente >>

'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, and after one hour more twill >>

Show me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a sewer, where they cease throbbing, as though having reached their natural term: this downfall constitutes the heart's drama and the negative meaning of history.

Cioran, E. M.