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Suicide Quotes - Page 26

Men would not be so hasty to abandon the world either as monks or as suicides, did they but see the jewels of wisdom and faith which are scattered so plentifully along its paths; and lacking which no soul can come again from beyond the grave to gather.

William Mountford, Frederic Dan Huntington (1850). “Martyria: A Legend, Wherein are Contained Homilies, Conversations, and Incidents of the Reign of Edward the Sixth”, p.136

It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians to form a party by themselves.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1890). “Wilfrid Laurier on the Platform: Collection of the Principal Speeches Made in Parliament Or Before the People, by the Honorable Wilfrid Laurier ... Member for Quebec-East in the Commons, Since His Entry Into Active Politics in 1871”, Turcotte & Ménard

Freedom is like a man who kills himself Each night, an incessant butcher, whose knife Grows sharp in blood.

Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens”, p.292, Vintage

Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.

Robert Harris (2008). “The Ghost”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation.

Philip Massinger, John Philip Kemble (1814). “A New Way to pay Old Debts. A comedy in five acts”, p.24