They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that s…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2014). Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga, p.25, Courier Corporation
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