<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Death and dying - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11464]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11465]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death takes the good, too good to stay, And leaves the bad, too bad to take away ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death takes the good, too good to stay, And leaves the bad, too bad to take away]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11460]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11446]]></link><description><![CDATA[For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11448]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11449]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11450]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11451]]></link><description><![CDATA[More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11452]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11453]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11455]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death cancels everything but truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death cancels everything but truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11443]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11445]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11201]]></link><description><![CDATA[While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the courage to live. Anyone can die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4072]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/847]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/847</guid></item></channel></rss>