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“Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.”

Emile M. Cioran · Fear

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Emile M. Cioran

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

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To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.

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

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To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.

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