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Emil M. Cioran Quotes: Compassion is a sign of superficiality: broken destinies and unrelenting misery either make you scream or turn you to stone.
         

Compassion is a sign of superficiality: broken destinies and unrelenting misery either make you scream or turn you to stone.


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Compassion is a sign of superficiality: broken destinies and unrelenting misery either make you scream or turn you to stone.
         



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