History shows that the thinkers who mounted on the top of the ladder of questions, who set their foot on the… — Emil Cioran
History shows that the thinkers who mounted on the top of the ladder of questions, who set their foot on the last rung, that of the absurd, have bequeathed to posterity only an example of sterility.
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So long as man is protected by madness he functions and flourishes, but when he frees himself from the fruitful tyranny of fixed ideas, he is lost, ruined.
I find in myself as much evil as in anyone, but detesting action — mother of all vices — I am the cause of no one's suffering.
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