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“To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.”

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Author:Aristotle

“To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of a coward; for it is cowardice to avoid trouble, and the suicide does not undergo death because it is honorable, but in order to avoid evil.”

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Book:The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

“Suicide is not to fear death, but yet to be afraid of life. It is a brave act of valour to contemn death; but when life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valour to dare to live; and herein religion hath taught us a noble example, for all the valiant acts of Curtius, Scarvola, or Codrus, do not parallel or match that one of Job.”

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Book:Religio Medici: Together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His Intimate Friend and Christian Morals

Source: Religio Medici: Together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His Intimate Friend and Christian Morals

“Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined. It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option.”

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Author:Veronica Roth

“To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.”

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Author:Aristotle

“When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.”

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Author:George Sewell

“It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.”

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Book:Gilead

Source: Gilead