# Quote — Emil Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born

> We have lost, being born, as much as we shall lose, dying. Everything.

- Author: [Emil Cioran](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran.md)
- Book: [The Trouble With Being Born](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born/we-have-lost

## More from this book

> Only one thing matters: learning to be the loser.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born/only-one-thing.md)

> Obviously God was a solution, and obviously none so satisfactory that will ever be found again.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born/obviously-god-was.md)

> To have failed in everything, always, out of a love of discouragement.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born/to-have-failed.md)