Whenever I think of this humorous bit of wisdom, it reminds me to not take my life so seriously.

每当我想起这有点幽默的人生哲理，它便提醒我不要把我的生活看得那么严肃。

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"Before, I tried to take my life," Jonas says.

“从前，我试图夺走自己的生命，”Jonas说。

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Take the horse and the cart, you devil, only don't take my life.

马和车都归你，你个魔鬼，只要留下我的命。

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and so -- very slowly -- I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and free myself of the eye forever.

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I'm not free to take my own life or to sell my self into slavery or to give to somebody else arbitrary absolute power over me.

不能随意自杀,或出售自己成为奴隶,或给别人绝对权力，任意主宰我。

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it's very easy for me to imagine a case where I would choose that it's best to take my own life.

我很容易设想在哪种情况下选择死亡是一个最好选择。

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Soon it will take over my life as well, at least for a little while.

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Yes, I had a choice about what direction to take with my life, but I chose one which has provided me and my family with many years of deep satisfaction and purpose.

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The process began to take over my life.

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