From 'the lesson of the moth':and before i could argue himout of his philosophyhe went and immolated himselfon a patent cigar lighteri do not agree with himmyself i would rather havehalf the happiness and twicethe longevitybut at the same time i wishthere was something i wantedas badly as he wanted to fry himself Don Marquis
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When a person is going through a hard time in their life, they have to find a way to motivate themselves. If you are having a bad day, there is no way to get out of that bad mood. However, there are a few ways how a person can get out of their bad mood. One of those ways is being reminded of happiness from the past.

The person who said this quote had told himself not to do anything drastic to go out all happy, but he did it anyway. In other words, he chose to die instead of living in unhappiness.

Source: Archy And Mehitabel

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