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The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone.
Emile M. Cioran
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Utopia is a mixture of childish rationalism and secularized angelism.
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Better to be an animal than a man, an insect than an animal, a plant than an insect, and so on. Salvation? Whatever diminishes the kingdom of consciousness and compromises its supremacy.
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Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately, it is within no one's reach.
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