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Sunday, March 1, 2009

A sentence by Emile Cioran

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.