Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment — a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is this: What change will death produce in a man’s existence and in his insight into the nature of things? It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer. Counsels and Maxims
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. Martin Chuzzlewit
Do you really think ... that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to. To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not -- there is no weakness in that. An Ideal Husband
This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. Animal Farm
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