<?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[A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a pang in all rejoicing, And a joy in the heart of pain;  And the wind that saddens, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45373]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a pang in all rejoicing, And a joy in the heart of pain;  And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens,   Are singing the selfsame strain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25097]]></link><description><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   In burning throne though they keep still    Serenities unthawed and chill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57151]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego   Your future claims to each fantastic toe!    Waltz--Waltz alone--both legs and arms demands,     Liberal of feet, and lavish of her hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide waving wings expanded bear   The flying chariot through the fields of air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38622]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the public, appear more genuinely apologetic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2934]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one of those little beds with my name on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57199]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fly fishing is a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fly fishing is a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no clear reasons and I am not going to make one up to explain the recent strengthening of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40854]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no clear reasons and I am not going to make one up to explain the recent strengthening of Epsilon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as there is life there is danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11058]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as there is life there is danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a little gray house in a one-street town, And the door stands open, and the steps go down, And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42312]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a little gray house in a one-street town, And the door stands open, and the steps go down, And you prop up the window with a stick on the sill, And you carry spring water from the bottom of the hill; And the white star of Bethlehem grows in t]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay,  For the wander-thirst is on me  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59622]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay,  For the wander-thirst is on me   And my soul is in Cathay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents must have had tough decisions to make, but I was never called on to bear witness to their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53863]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents must have had tough decisions to make, but I was never called on to bear witness to their anxiety. To some people that might sound like repression, but I think repression can be a positive value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57518]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His goal was to spur our home team to success, Burst Beantown's balloon claiming Sox were the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go back and cut what I wanna cut at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12486]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am delighted the president has signed this bill, ... Hawaii can now begin to develop alternative sources of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am delighted the president has signed this bill, ... Hawaii can now begin to develop alternative sources of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service is no Inheritance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Service is no Inheritance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25161]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If he continues to do what he's doing and continues to progress, there's no reason that midway in the season ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28632]]></link><description><![CDATA[If he continues to do what he's doing and continues to progress, there's no reason that midway in the season you couldn't call up a guy like him. He's close. He's close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a young kid, who at 35 had beat a 30-year politician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40645]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a young kid, who at 35 had beat a 30-year politician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66040]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2151]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his barn door,   That luck might down upon him pour;    That every blessing known in life     Might crown his homestead and his wife,      And never any kind of harm       Descend upon his growing farm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep-contemplative; And I did laugh sans intermission An ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55649]]></link><description><![CDATA[My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, That fools should be so deep-contemplative; And I did laugh sans intermission An hour by his dial. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader is a dealer in hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24491]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader is a dealer in hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quote others in order to better express myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quote others in order to better express myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the first quarter, the earnings surprises have been getting smaller and we expect that to continue based on anecdotal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the first quarter, the earnings surprises have been getting smaller and we expect that to continue based on anecdotal evidence that analysts know the economy's moving faster and all the pre-announcements that come out now,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It’s like having a little pet for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It’s like having a little pet for your face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was able to go to Iraq.. to the place my son died..and fill my promise to my wife to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was able to go to Iraq.. to the place my son died..and fill my promise to my wife to put a crucifix onthe spot.. and bring home some of the blooddrenched dirt..and plant a white rose bush in itMilitary Families Speak Out.. broadcast on C Span.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies eorum non videbantur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never let schooling interfere with my education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never let schooling interfere with my education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[decided to desist from all sorts of resistance and to stop our actions against the Israelis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28616]]></link><description><![CDATA[decided to desist from all sorts of resistance and to stop our actions against the Israelis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is hurt but by himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21667]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is hurt but by himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13900]]></link><description><![CDATA[England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The enemy of my enemy is my friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The enemy of my enemy is my friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8282]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is leading him through the jubilation of Gennesaret or the triumphal entry into Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8282</guid></item></channel></rss>