<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Suicide - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . . .  Less base ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . . .  Less base the fear of death than fear of life.   O Britain! infamous for suicide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58251]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ever-gentle gods, take my breath from me; Let not my worser spirit tempt me again  To die before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58250]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ever-gentle gods, take my breath from me; Let not my worser spirit tempt me again  To die before you please.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine  That cravens my weak hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine  That cravens my weak hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58248]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their even-Christen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fannius from his foe did fly Himself with his own hands he slew;  Who e'er a greater madness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58243]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fannius from his foe did fly Himself with his own hands he slew;  Who e'er a greater madness knew?   Life to destroy for fear to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,  And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58244]]></link><description><![CDATA[He That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,  And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour.   This life's a fort committed to my trust,    Which I must not yield up, till it be forced:     Nor will I. He's not valiant that dares die,      But he that boldly bears calamity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravest at the last, She levelled at our purposes, and being royal,  Took her own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravest at the last, She levelled at our purposes, and being royal,  Took her own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   There's many a better thing to do than die!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58240]]></link><description><![CDATA[If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, both prudence and courage should engage us to rid ourselves at once of existence when it becomes a burden. It is the only way that we can then be useful to society, by setting an example which, if imitated, would preserve every one his chance for happiness in life, and would effectually free him from all danger or misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58241]]></link><description><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep!  A single step, and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep!  A single step, and all is o'er,   A plunge, a bubble, and no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our time is fixed, and all our days are number'd; How long, how short, we know not:--this we know,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our time is fixed, and all our days are number'd; How long, how short, we know not:--this we know,  Duty requires we calmly wait the summons,   Nor dare to stir till Heaven shall give permission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run  To death, for dread of death; that soul's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run  To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout,   That, bearing all mischance, dares last it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common damn'd shun their society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58235]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common damn'd shun their society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if there be an hereafter, And that there is, conscience, uninfluenc'd  And suffer'd to speak out, tells every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58236]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if there be an hereafter, And that there is, conscience, uninfluenc'd  And suffer'd to speak out, tells every man,   Then must it be an awful thing to die;    More horrid yet to die by one's own hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not many artists commit suicide by leaping off the pinnacle of success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not many artists commit suicide by leaping off the pinnacle of success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so far, it probably isn't gonna get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58227]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely  The pangs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27392]]></link><description><![CDATA[For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely  The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,   The insolence of office, and the spurns    That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,     When he himself might his quietus make      With a bare bodkin?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27392</guid></item></channel></rss>