E. M. Cioran Quotes and Quotations
Democracy is a festival of mediocrity. No one can keep his griefs in their prime; they use themselves up. My enthusiasms ... constitute my reserves, my unexploited resources, perhaps my future. If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." An individual dies ... when, instead of taking risks and hurling himself toward being, he cowers within, and takes refuge there. Let us not be needlessly bitter; certain failures are sometimes fruitful. Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful. Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful. If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised."
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