Quotes by Cioran, E. M.

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

A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the vi >>

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, >>

Quotations about Language

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast. >>

It is a mass language only in the same sense that its baseball slang i >>

There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone i >>

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland --and no other.

Cioran, E. M.