Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence to our happiness than the health of the body, although both are deserving of much more attention than either of them receive. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1821). Lacon: or, Many things in few words, p.240
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