Quotes About Legacy

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessor.

In flawed families, a scion appears who dedicates himself to the truth and who ruins himself in its pursuit.

Cel singur merge c?tre cel ce este cel mai singur, c?tre singurul, c?tre cel ale c?rui feÅ£e negative r?mân, dup? aventura cunoaÅŸterii, unica noastr? moÅŸtenire.

Cea mai mare întâlnire din viaÅ£a mea: Bach. Dup? el, Dostoievski; apoi scepticii greci, apoi Buddha... pe urm?, dar ce mai conteaz? ce vine pe urm?...

Mama a fost o fiin?? admirabil?. Asta pentru noi e o consolare. Scrie-mi cît ai cheltuit cu înmormîntarea. Natural, voi contribui ÅŸi eu. C?ci viaÅ£a p?mînteanului este umbr? ÅŸi vis. Mi-aduc aminte de cuvintele astea pline de înÅ£elepciune care se rostesc, cred, la parastas. Ele spun totul.

Seduzidos pelo demônio do Inédito, esquecemos rápido demais que somos os epígonos do primeiro pitecantropo que se pôs a refletir.

Avoir commis tous les crimes, hormis celui d'être père

Oare nu ne afl?m într-o situaÅ£ie fericit? când avem p?rinÅ£i alcoolici ÅŸi trebuie s? nu procur?m toat? viaÅ£a otr?vuri ca s? compens?m moÅŸtenirea sumbr? a virtuÅ£ii lor?

Nu voi l?sa dup? mine o oper?.Sunt din neamul celor condamnaÅ£i s? nu poat? ieÅŸi din ei înÅŸiÅŸi.

Nero would be long since forgotten without his outbursts of bloody clowning. ~ Emil Cioran, A Short History of Decay

Viciul regretului, nici m?car nu m? pot l?uda c? l-am dobândit prin propriile mele decepÅ£ii. M? precede, face parte din patrimoniul tribului meu. Asta da moÅŸtenire, inaptitudinea la iluzie!

Each generation lives in the absolute: it behaves as if it had reached the apex if not the end of history.

Poate c? toÈ›i românii nu suntem decât niÈ™te copii b?trâni. S? ne fi n?scut din oboseala romanilor È™i lacrimile dacilor?

In vain the West seeks a form of final agony worthy of its past.

It is of no importance to know who I am since some day I shall no longer be"—that is what each of us should answer those who bother about our identity and desire at any price to coop us up in a category or a definition.

Though we ourselves have come too late, we shall be envied by our immediate successors, and still more by our remote descendants. In their eyes we shall have the look of privileged characters, and rightly so, for everyone wants to be as far as possible from the future.

In Marx's entire oeuvre, I don't think there is a single disinterested reflection on death... I was pondering this at his grave in Highgate.

In order not to be overwhelmed by our accident, we convert even our name into an entity: how can we die when we are called Peter or Paul?

Each of us is entitled to claim the forebears who suit him, who explain him in his own eyes. How often have I not changed ancestors!

Hannibal's drama was to be born too soon; a few centuries later, he would have found Rome's gates open. The Empire was vacant, like Europe in our time.

L'histoire est une leçon d'inhumanité. Pas une goutte de sang du passé ne peut troubler le présent où je suis.

Za?o?y? rodzin?. My?l?, ?e ?atwiej by mi przysz?o za?o?y? imperium.

Pope Innocent IX, who, having commissioned a painting in which he was shown on his deathbed, glanced at it each time he had to make some important decision.

our past so quickly stops being "ours" and turns into history, something which no longer concerns anyone.