--- title: "1 Strayed Quotes By Emil Cioran" description: "1 Strayed quotes by Emil Cioran. Plus more from Emil Cioran and more Strayed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/emil-cioran-523_tortures_but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he_499839.jpg" --- > [“But man is a strayed animal, and when he falls victim to doubt, if he should happen to take no further pleasure in attacking others, he turns on himself in order to inflict merciless tortures.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he-falls-victim-to-doubt-if-he/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/emil-cioran-523_tortures_but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he_499839.jpg) ## More by Emil Cioran > [“Eu nu am idei ci obsesii. Idei poate avea oricine. Nimeni nu s-a prăbușit din cauza ideilor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/eu-nu-am-idei-ci-obsesii-idei-poate-avea-oricine-nimeni-nu-s-a-pr-bu/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“For a long while I have lived with the notion that I was the most normal being that ever existed. This notion gave me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/for-a-long-while-i-have-lived-with-the-notion-that-i-was-the-most/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“Natura s-a arătat darnică numai cu cei pe care i-a scutit de obsesia morţii. Dacă-i firesc să mori, nu-i deloc firesc să zaboveşti asupra…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/natura-s-a-ar-tat-darnic-numai-cu-cei-pe-care-i-a-scutit-de-obsesia/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“Having always lived in fear of being surprised by the worst, I have tried in every circumstance to get a head start, flinging myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/having-always-lived-in-fear-of-being-surprised-by-the-worst-i-have/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“I would like to be free, totaly free... free like an aborted child.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/i-would-like-to-be-free-totaly-free-free-like-an-aborted-child/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“We had nothing to say to one another, and while I was manufacturing my phrases I felt that earth was falling through space and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/we-had-nothing-to-say-to-one-another-and-while-i-was-manufacturing-my/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“It is no sign of benediction to have been obsessed with the lives of saints, for it is an obsession intertwined with a taste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/it-is-no-sign-of-benediction-to-have-been-obsessed-with-the-lives-of/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“His power to adore is responsible for all his crimes: a man who loves a god unduly forces other men to love his god,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/his-power-to-adore-is-responsible-for-all-his-crimes-a-man-who-loves/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“Tell me how you want to die, and I’ll tell you who you are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/tell-me-how-you-want-to-die-and-i-ll-tell-you-who-you-are/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [One should live and die where one was born... I've been bored everywhere I went. What was the point of leaving Coasta Boacu?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/one-should-live-and-die-where-one-was-born-i-ve-been-bored-everywhere/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“I cannot imagine that there could be someone whose childhood could compare to mine. The sky and the earth belonged to me, literally, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/i-cannot-imagine-that-there-could-be-someone-whose-childhood-could/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“A fi sau a nu fi? Nici una nici alta.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/a-fi-sau-a-nu-fi-nici-una-nici-alta/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“Dispretul oamenilor ma intareste, si nu le cer decat o favoare - sa nu insemn nimic in ochii lor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/dispretul-oamenilor-ma-intareste-si-nu-le-cer-decat-o-favoare-sa-nu/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“Nobody would dare look at himself in the mirror, because a grotesque, tragic image would mix in the contours of his face with stains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/nobody-would-dare-look-at-himself-in-the-mirror-because-a-grotesque/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) > [“Since it is difficult to approve the reasons people invoke, each time we leave one of our 'fellow men', the question which comes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/since-it-is-difficult-to-approve-the-reasons-people-invoke-each-time/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/emil-cioran/#itemlist", "name": "1 Strayed Quotes By Emil Cioran", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But man is a strayed animal, and when he falls victim to doubt, if he should happen to take no further pleasure in attacking others, he turns on himself in order to inflict merciless tortures.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emil Cioran" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he-falls-victim-to-doubt-if-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/emil-cioran-523_tortures_but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he_499839.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/emil-cioran-523_tortures_but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he_499839.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/emil-cioran-523_tortures_but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he_499839.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But man is a strayed animal, and when he falls victim to doubt, if he should happen to take no further…” — Emil Cioran", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/emil-cioran/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/emil-cioran/", "name": "Strayed Quotes by Emil Cioran", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/emil-cioran/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/emil-cioran-523_tortures_but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he_499839.jpg" }, "description": "1 Strayed quotes by Emil Cioran. Plus more from Emil Cioran and more Strayed sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/emil-cioran/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/emil-cioran/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Strayed", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Emil Cioran", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/emil-cioran/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```