Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardi…

Charles Caleb Colton
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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 (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.145
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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 (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.145

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