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Nothing Quotes by Emile M. Cioran
- A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.
- What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation.
- By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing.
- Nothing proves that we are more than nothing.
- Just as ecstasy purifies you of the particular and the contingent, leaving nothing except light and darkness, so insomnia kills off the multiplicity and diversity…
- By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing; but instead of nonchalantly promenading our own corruption, we exude our sweat and grow…
- When you have understood that nothing is, that things do not even deserve the status of appearances, you no longer need to be saved, you…
- The curtain of the universe is moth-eaten, and through its holes we see nothing now but mask and ghost.
- Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.
- I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers.
- Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted to it; this world is no less so, since here we regret paradise or anticipate…
- I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.
- Even when nothing happens, everything seems too much for me. What can be said, then, in the presence of an event, any event?
- Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself can be altogether sterile: Something…
- Hungarian Language — savage it may be but of a beauty that has nothing human about it, with sonorities of another universe, powerful and corrosive,…
- I am the beast with a contorted grin, contracting down to illusion and dilating toward infinity, both growing and dying, delightfully suspended between hope for…
- Much more than our other needs and endeavors, it is sexuality that puts us on an even footing with our kind: the more we practice…
- To accomplish nothing and die of the strain
- We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly.
- Nothing sweeter than to drag oneself along behind events; and nothing more reasonable. But without a strong dose of madness, no initiative, no enterprise, no…
- I don’t understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldn’t it be better…
- How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the…
- Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a…
- There was a time when time did not yet exist. … The rejection of birth is nothing but the nostalgia for this time before time.
- History proves nothing because it contains everything.
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- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
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- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
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- There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it. — Billie Joe Armstrong