Quote by Immanuel Kant
Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits

Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable. – Immanuel Kant

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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. – Immanuel Kant

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If you must commit suicide… always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of. – George Borrow

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Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon. – Emile Durkheim

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There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say. – Cyril Connolly

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It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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