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“It was in order that so good a man as that, one whose good qualities are so many, so various, so immeasurable, in order that so great a treasure mine of good things, so full of benefit to all beings, might not be done away with, that the Blessed One, O king, out of his mercy towards all beings, laid down that injunction, when he said: "A brother is not…to commit suicide...” - Nāgasena (100 BC)
— May 01, 2026 07:09AM
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“For… life is like a great party in which the soul seems to feast, and all the ways of reasonable departure from life correspond to the ways in which a party is broken up.” - Chrysippus
Absolutely wild metaphor
— Apr 30, 2026 07:18AM
Absolutely wild metaphor
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“Alas, woman, it is a dread deed you have accomplished!” - Euripides
— Apr 20, 2026 05:24AM
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“Suicide is an event of human nature, which, whatever may be said and done with respect to it, demands the sympathy of every man, and in every epoch must be discussed anew.” - Goethe, Truth and Poetry: From my Own Life
This is going to take me forever to read, but alas bits must be committed to
— Mar 31, 2026 08:59AM
This is going to take me forever to read, but alas bits must be committed to
