The more you are a victim of contradictory impulses, the less you know which to yield to. To lack character - precisely that and nothing more. (Emil Cioran)

The more you are a victim of contradictory impulses, the less you know which to yield to. To lack character - precisely that and nothing more.

Emil Cioran

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