<?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[I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65857]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He decried that any wouldadd another hue unto the rainbowyet we would ope tosaffron and jadeand pink and roseand olive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60447]]></link><description><![CDATA[He decried that any wouldadd another hue unto the rainbowyet we would ope tosaffron and jadeand pink and roseand olive and tanscarlet and indigos***the quote is from Shakespeare's King John.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower." "Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47525]]></link><description><![CDATA["I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower." "Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest qualities of characterÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ must be earned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41191]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest qualities of characterÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ must be earned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11730]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car - I forget what kind it was - and drive and drive. I'm not sure where we'd go, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called "Dad." We'd eat some stuff, or not, and then I think we went home. I guess some things never leave you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men ... are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men ... are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diaulus, lately a doctor, is now an undertaker' what he does as an undertaker, he used to do also as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diaulus, lately a doctor, is now an undertaker' what he does as an undertaker, he used to do also as a doctor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15442]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would help others out of a fellow-feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23751]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. And you can do it when things are tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Didst thou never hear That things ill got had ever bad success? And happy always was it for that son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Didst thou never hear That things ill got had ever bad success? And happy always was it for that son Whose father for his hoarding went to hell? -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48226]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son habilete.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26769]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield,  Nature's, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield,  Nature's, not honour's law we must obey:   This made me cast my useless shield away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15359]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65255]]></link><description><![CDATA[By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We gave him a pitcher. He gave us the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20814]]></link><description><![CDATA[We gave him a pitcher. He gave us the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A load would sink a navy. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56043]]></link><description><![CDATA[A load would sink a navy. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49567]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are always flowers for those who want to see them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60831]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are always flowers for those who want to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none other hath, when they are known,   They are found shallow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55069]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. -Herman Melville.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22640]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15574]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2446]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52760]]></link><description><![CDATA[No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ariel Sharon until now has not shown any readiness to sit together with the Palestinians to discuss all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ariel Sharon until now has not shown any readiness to sit together with the Palestinians to discuss all the outstanding issues,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Platonic love is love from the neck up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Platonic love is love from the neck up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't like to think of anyone eating them, but we know that happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't like to think of anyone eating them, but we know that happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . make the abhorrent eye Roll back and close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . make the abhorrent eye Roll back and close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give place to your betters. [Lat., De locum melioribus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give place to your betters. [Lat., De locum melioribus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is present by love alone. By love alone He is great and glorious. By love alone He liveth and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6788]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is present by love alone. By love alone He is great and glorious. By love alone He liveth and feeleth in other persons. By love alone He enjoyeth all the creatures, by love alone He is pleasing to Himself, by love alone He is rich and blessed. O, why dost not thou by love alone seek to achieve all these, by love alone attain another self, by love alone live in others, by love attain thy glory? The same is shriveled up and buried in a grave that does not love. But that which does love wisely and truly is the joy and end of all the world, the King of Heaven and the friend of God, the shining light and temple of eternity, the brother of Jesus Christ, and one spirit with the Holy Ghost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger thewind, the stronger the trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger thewind, the stronger the trees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Larry Adams, 33, has been confined to a room in University Medical Center since April, when he received an artificial ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40395]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Larry Adams, 33, has been confined to a room in University Medical Center since April, when he received an artificial heart. The heart is connected to a 350-pound machine, which is about the size of a dishwasher, and six feet of hose hooks the machine to pumps in Adams' chest.] I've just got to sit and wait, ... Everywhere I go, engineers have to push the box around with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At my fingers' ends. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55735]]></link><description><![CDATA[At my fingers' ends. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31836]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19470</guid></item></channel></rss>