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Emile M. Cioran quotes about future

Romanian Philosopher April 8, 1911 – June 20, 1995

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Emile M. Cioran quote: "What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who..."
What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity? Emile M. Cioran
As the years accumulate, we form an increasingly somber image of the future. Is this only to console ourselves for being excluded from it? Yes in appearance, no in fact, for the future has always been hideous, man being able to remedy his evils only by aggravating them, so that in each epoch existence, is much more tolerable before the solution is found to the difficulties of the moment. Emile M. Cioran
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. Emile M. Cioran
Our obsession with birth, by shifting us to a point before our past, robs us of our pleasure in the future, in the present, and even in the past. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill..."
We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill ourselves when we want to. Emile M. Cioran

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