“If you must commit suicide – and there is no knowing to what people may be brought – always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.”George Borrow book LavengroSource: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 23
“Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.”George Borrow book LavengroSource: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 23
“There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?”George Borrow book LavengroSource: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 25