“There is something great and terrible about suicide.”

Il existe je ne sais quoi de grand et d'épouvantable dans le suicide.
The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), Part I: The Talisman

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Il existe je ne sais quoi de grand et d'épouvantable dans le suicide.

The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), Part I: The Talisman

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French writer 1799–1850

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