When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves; and all the efforts of courage appear chimerical to dastardly minds .. Nevertheless, how many instances are there, well attested, of men, in every other respect perfectly discreet, who, without remorse, rage, or despair, have quitted life for no other reason than because it was a burden to them, and have died with more composure than they lived? . David Hume
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  1. A book is a suicide postponed. - Emil M. Cioran
  2. July 24, 6:03 A.M.The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a cliff... Michael Holzapfel knew what he was doing. He killed himself for wanting to live. - Markus Zusak
  3. How much can you really trust the promise of a suicidal father? - Ruth Ozeki
  4. The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night. - Friedrich Nietzsche
  5. Everything...affects everything - Jay Asher
More Quotes By David Hume
  1. Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
  2. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
  3. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
  4. It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.
  5. No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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