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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Oh! snatched away in beautys bloom,
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Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable. – 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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