<?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 man can hide all things, excepting twain-- That he is drunk, and that he is in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54969]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can hide all things, excepting twain-- That he is drunk, and that he is in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,  Than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15097]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,  Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover   She thought that I was not unworthy to love her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54812]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945  The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945  The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus he dangles before man's fantasy a kingdom of faith, of power, and of peace, into which only he can enter who consents to the temptations; and he conceals from men that he, as the devil, is the most unfortunate and unhappy of beings, since he is finally and eternally rejected by God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[England] a soil whose air is deemed too pure for slaves to breathe in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56595]]></link><description><![CDATA[[England] a soil whose air is deemed too pure for slaves to breathe in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing Cheapside.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing Cheapside.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It won't free up enormous amounts of capacity (on freeways) in the near term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34594]]></link><description><![CDATA[It won't free up enormous amounts of capacity (on freeways) in the near term.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16022]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow -- for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage. Indeed, I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through standalone DSL furthers this goal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology were the only two really great subjects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3049]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology were the only two really great subjects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3049</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[How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19243]]></link><description><![CDATA[How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,  And some condemned for a fault alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1842]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose one could construct Madame Clarkson's very active involvement in these last few days and her coming to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38455]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose one could construct Madame Clarkson's very active involvement in these last few days and her coming to the ceremony as wanting to support the office and the institution in the face of some controversy that's been around Madame Jean, and a desire to be visible in support of her,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've noticed the shows have been getting a lot better, even since a week ago when the album was released. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31273]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've noticed the shows have been getting a lot better, even since a week ago when the album was released. There's been a slow build, but we're playing for a lot more people, and the kids seem to know the new songs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the universal language of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the universal language of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/724]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54132]]></link><description><![CDATA[A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so see it in any finite thing, once tempt him well to fix his eyes thereon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26054]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the streat, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44426]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the streat, no one ever hesitates to tell me exactly what they think of me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the way of crop losses, theres some localized areas that had losses, but on a widespread basis, we missed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35311]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the way of crop losses, theres some localized areas that had losses, but on a widespread basis, we missed the most significant damage,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52827]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they'd pass the information on and they'd have it cleaned up. I guess when I called the police, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39051]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they'd pass the information on and they'd have it cleaned up. I guess when I called the police, they passed it on to the highway department.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has strangled His language in his tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24014]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has strangled His language in his tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866  God's own work must be done by God's own ways. Otherwise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866  God's own work must be done by God's own ways. Otherwise, we can take no comfort in obtaining the end, if we cannot justify the means used thereunto.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40345]]></link><description><![CDATA[As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["You gave me the key of your heart, my love; then why did you make me knock?" Oh that was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27961]]></link><description><![CDATA["You gave me the key of your heart, my love; then why did you make me knock?" Oh that was yesterday, saints above! And last night -- I changed the lock!.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43397]]></link><description><![CDATA[For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32122]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32122</guid></item></channel></rss>