Cioran was a consummate master of lapidary aphorisms.
Here is one, dear to my heart:
On ne réfléchit que parce qu'on se dérobe à l'acte.
Penser, c'est être en retrait.
We reflect for no other reason than to avoid doing.
To think, is to be in withdrawal
It is true. I have pondered enough. To me, now, there is nothing else but Doing.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
A sentence by Emile Cioran
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4 comments:
"The Trouble With Being Born" is still my favorite book title.
It is indeed hard to beat...:)
So what are you going to do? What did all this pondering get you? What can you do?
I am certainly not going to tell an anonymous what I will do.
Make yourself known and perhaps you''ll know...
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