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All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.
Eugene Ionesco
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Eugene Ionesco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 26
Died: 1994
Died: March 28
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The human comedy does not attract me enough. I am not entirely of this world. I am from elsewhere, and it is worth finding this elsewhere beyond the walls...but where is it?
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We haven't the time to take out time.
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I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.
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I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
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Only the ephemeral is of lasting value.
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When I was born, I was almost fourteen years old. That's why I was able to understand more easily than most what it was all about.
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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
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Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused.
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We are made to be immortal, and yet we die. It's horrible, it can't be taken seriously
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I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.
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