Emil Cioran Quotes

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

Emil Cioran

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• Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

  

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  • Suffer
  • Imaginary
  • Invent