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Full Idea
It's not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.
Gist of Idea
Suicide is pointless, because it always comes too late
Source
E.M. Cioran (The Trouble with Being Born [1973], 02)
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'The Trouble with Being Born', ed/tr. Richard Howard [Penguin 2012], p.27
A Reaction
A neat thought, but unlikely to be true for those who commit suicide, which presumably results from a sustained and apparently incurable situation.
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