<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>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[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit,  While still too wide or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22829]]></link><description><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit,  While still too wide or short in human wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57851]]></link><description><![CDATA[The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34755]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41759]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath little is the lesse durtie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49350]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath little is the lesse durtie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3066]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1150]]></link><description><![CDATA[A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity of success. Nothing ever just happens in this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord  'Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord  'Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the Candle I know there is both Light and Heat. But yet, put out the Candle, and they are both gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,rnAnd therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,rnAnd therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38011]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because then if you don't get well, you die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness. [Ger., In gahrend Drachengift hast du  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46870]]></link><description><![CDATA[To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness. [Ger., In gahrend Drachengift hast du  Die Milch der frommen Denkart mir verwandelt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the first time we've seen this many houses in the million-dollar range on the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31231]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the first time we've seen this many houses in the million-dollar range on the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To drink away sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48551]]></link><description><![CDATA[To drink away sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aspects of things that are most important to us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. -Prof. Ludwig ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aspects of things that are most important to us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. -Prof. Ludwig Wittgenstein.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yearn to understand first and to be understood second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature acts without masters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature acts without masters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47703]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state  Empties itself, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54512]]></link><description><![CDATA[A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state  Empties itself, as dot an inland brook   Into the main of waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep; Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep; Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25577]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51614]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When devils will the blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51446]]></link><description><![CDATA[When devils will the blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/228]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That lineup doesn't have any weak spots. The bench is full of stars. When you're pitching against them, you look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34787]]></link><description><![CDATA[That lineup doesn't have any weak spots. The bench is full of stars. When you're pitching against them, you look at the on-deck circle and the guy there is even better than the one you're facing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No marvel, an it like your majesty, My Lord Protector's hawks do tower so well;  They know their master ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18894]]></link><description><![CDATA[No marvel, an it like your majesty, My Lord Protector's hawks do tower so well;  They know their master loves to be aloft   And bears his thoughts above his falcon's pitch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back andforth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back andforth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance ofdeath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26598]]></link><description><![CDATA[All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People get a little fed up and see their portfolio down significantly, and I always laugh to myself, because I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15680]]></link><description><![CDATA[People get a little fed up and see their portfolio down significantly, and I always laugh to myself, because I still got paid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11248]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. Even the stain on the coffee cup seems not coffee but the physical manifestation of one's inner stain, the fatal blot that from the beginning had marked one for ultimate aloneness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63604]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46836]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all, and thus would have been at the mercy of the Prefect]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fit to give weight to smoke. [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fit to give weight to smoke. [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  Groups that require little of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  Groups that require little of their membership count for little outside of their membership. Real spiritual capacity requires at least as much concentration and training as learning to play a musical instrument. Nobody has ever drifted into a genuine Christian experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one theory about angling in which I have perfect confidence, and this is that the two words, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16115]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one theory about angling in which I have perfect confidence, and this is that the two words, least appropriate to any statement, about it, are the words "always" and "never."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16115</guid></item></channel></rss>