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Quotes About Society

Injustice constitutes the essence of social life.
~ Emil Cioran
A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.
~ Emil Cioran
A great step forward was made the day men understood that in order to torment one another more efficiently they would have to gather together, to organize themselves into a society
~ Emil Cioran
A civilization begins to decline the moment Life becomes its sole obsession.
~ Emil Cioran
I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers.
~ Emil Cioran
The Romans were not wiped out by the invasions of the barbarians, nor by the Christian virus, but by a more subtle evil, boredom.
~ Emil Cioran
A citi inseamn? s?-l la?i pe altul s? trudeasc? pentru tine. Cea mai ginga?? form? de exploatare.
~ Emil Cioran
Avînd ÅŸansa de-a nu fi practicat vreodat? o meserie ÅŸi nicide-a fi lucrat la c?rÅ£i serioase, am avut de-a lungul anilorenorm de mult timp: o favoare rezervat?, în principiu,cerÅŸetorilor ÅŸi femeilor. CerÅŸetori sînt tot mai mulÅ£i, îns? einu-ÅŸi dau osteneala s? scrie; cît despre femei, în zilelenoastre ele se duc la serviciu, la birou — infern idiotizant.
~ Emil Cioran
Oriunde as merge ma simt strain.Toti oamenii mi se par prea pozitivi,prea profesionisti.Nu fac parte din societate,si tare as vrea sa evadez din cadrul speciei
~ Emil Cioran
S? ne îndoim de cei care care întorc spatele iubirii,ambiÅ£iei,societ??ii.AceÅŸtia se vor r?zbuna pentru motivul de a fi renunÅ£at la toate acestea.Istoria ideilor e istoria rachiunei singuraticului.
~ Emil Cioran
La catástrofe, para el hombre, se debe a que no puede quedarse solo. No hay ni una persona que pueda estar sola consigo misma. Actualmente, todos los que deberían vivir consigo mismos se apresuran a encender la televisión o la radio. Creo que, si un Gobierno suprimiera la televisión, los hombres se matarían entre sí en la calle, porque el silencio los aterraría.
~ Emil Cioran
The satisfaction we take from performing a task (especially when we have no belief in the task and even disdain it) shows to what degree we still belong to the rabble.
~ Emil M. Cioran
A human being possessed by a belief and not eager to pass it on to others is a phenomenon alien to the earth, where our mania for salvation makes life unbreathable... Everyone trying to remedy everyone's life. Society- an inferno of saviors!
~ Emil M. Cioran
As serfs, these people built cathedrals; emancipated, they build only horrors.
~ Emil M. Cioran
Toplum - bir kurtar?c?lar cehennemi! Diogenes'in elinde lambas?yla arad???, ilgisiz biriydi.
~ Emil M. Cioran
Enlightened despotism: the only regime that can attract a disabused mind, one incapable of being the accomplice of revolutions since it is not even the accomplice of history.
~ Emil M. Cioran
L'heure du crime ne sonne pas en même temps pour tous les peuples. Ainsi s'explique la permanence de l'histoire.
~ Emil M. Cioran
Can we imagine a city dweller who does not have the soul of a murderer?
~ Emil M. Cioran
În cadrul naÅ£iunii, democraÅ£ia a dat naÅŸtere unei pluralit??i de formaÅ£ii divergente, care r?pesc evoluÅ£iei naÅ£ionale un sens convergent.
~ Emil M. Cioran
Society - an inferno of saviors!
~ Emil M. Cioran
So long as man is protected by madness, he functions and flourishes; but when he frees himself from the fruitful tyranny of fixed ideas, he is lost, ruined.
~ Emil M. Cioran
Recapitulate the history of ideas, acts, attitudes and you find that the future was always on the side of the rabble.
~ Emil M. Cioran
The more closely we scrutinize our tomorrows, the closer we come to and the more we flee this people: all of us tremble at the obligation to resemble it some day . .
~ Emil M. Cioran
Les ravages de la "civilisation" sont si évidents qu'on a honte de les signaler encore.
~ Emil M. Cioran