A word, once dissected, no longer signifies anything, is nothing. Like a body that, after an autopsy, is less than a corpse. (Emil Cioran)

A word, once dissected, no longer signifies anything, is nothing. Like a body that, after an autopsy, is less than a corpse.

Emil Cioran

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