“Drunkenness is temporary suicide.”
1930s, The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
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Bertrand Russell562
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“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
Phil Donahue (1935) American talk show host, film producer and writer
Attributed to Phil Donahue in: Dennis Coon, John Mitterer (2008), Psychology: Modules for Active Learning. p. 553
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" http://books.google.com/books?id=kd41AQAAIAAJ&q=%22quotations+according%22#search_anchor from the New York Times, 1 December 1975.
“There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.”
Daniel Webster (1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…
Argument on the murder of Captain White (1830)

“Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
2000s, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2004)
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
“The use of force alone is but temporary.”
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman
It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Second Speech on Conciliation with America (1775)
“Everything is temporary, but memories are permanent.”
Umair Ahmad (1997) Entrepreneur, Writer, Researcher & Film Producer
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