《资治通鉴·秦纪·秦纪一》
于是长声叹息着说： 与其让人来杀我，宁可我自杀！ 
喟然叹曰： 与人刃我，宁我自刃！ 
So he sighed heavily and said, “Instead of having someone kill me, I’d rather kill myself!” 
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 喟然叹曰： 与人刃我，宁我自刃！  [/INST] So he sighed heavily and said, “Instead of having someone kill me, I’d rather kill myself!” </s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 喟然叹曰： 与人刃我，宁我自刃！
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So he sighed heavily and said, “Instead of having someone kill me, I’d rather kill myself!”
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