"Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves."

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"Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves."

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"Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Work, God, Nothing

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Work, Jokes

"Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Work, Liberty, Practice

"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Work, Despair

"It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Work, People, Care, Media

"After an eight-hour day workers require three overtime hours to produce two regular hours of results."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Work, Effort, Results

"Our boss has been so successful he deserves to retire so that he can spend more time . . . with his servants."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Work, Boss, Success, Retirement, Life

"A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Work, Theory, Values, Meaning

"At home I am a man, at work I am a machine."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Work, Man, Home, Machine

"There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

Death

"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late."

Suicide

"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."

Death

"The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it."

Self-Awareness

"Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth."

Speech

"When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves."

Delight

"For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion."

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"Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself."

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

"Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches."

"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."

"It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media."

"After an eight-hour day workers require three overtime hours to produce two regular hours of results."

"Our boss has been so successful he deserves to retire so that he can spend more time . . . with his servants."

"A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on."

"At home I am a man, at work I am a machine."

"There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous."

Explore more quotes by Emile M. Cioran

"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late."

"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."

"The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it."

"Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth."

"When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves."

"Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers."

"We inhabit a language rather than a country."

"A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate."

"For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion."