Quotes by Cioran, E. M.

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

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful >>

Those who believe in their truth -- the only ones whose imprint is ret >>

Quotations about Conversation

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remem >>

The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago >>

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of >>

A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.

Cioran, E. M.