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> [For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish the selfish self within, that part which looks only to its own preservation, to save its own skin.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/for-what-can-be-more-noble-than-to-slay-oneself-not-literally-not/)

[Steven Pressfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pressfield/)

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