<?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[The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to keep his mouth shut, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2231]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to keep his mouth shut, to step back and see where his wife is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61967]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65345]]></link><description><![CDATA[True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye Is dimm'd for a time with a tear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Needle in a bottle of hay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Needle in a bottle of hay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like men who have a future and women who have a past ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27001]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like men who have a future and women who have a past]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hardly wear any makeup. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hardly wear any makeup.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evangelism is selling a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evangelism is selling a dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25376]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it grows dark, we always need someone. This thought, the product of anxiety, only comes to me in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65369]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it grows dark, we always need someone. This thought, the product of anxiety, only comes to me in the evenings, just when I'm about to end my writerly explorations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26587]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14171]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones,  That men may rise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones,  That men may rise on stepping stones   Or their dead selves to higher things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile, damn it !! Smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile, damn it !! Smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18059]]></link><description><![CDATA[My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the parent of cruelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the parent of cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was totally bewildered. It wasn't easy for him. He had the hardest time of the bunch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was totally bewildered. It wasn't easy for him. He had the hardest time of the bunch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we did miss O'Callaghan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7944]]></link><description><![CDATA[One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the Presence of God; and , being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wonderings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43307]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had offers from major labels in the past but we skipped over them because we knew it was too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30539]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had offers from major labels in the past but we skipped over them because we knew it was too early. We wanted to get the most out of every phase, like putting out a record on an independent label and playing small clubs, then doing bigger records and bigger tours. I think that just made us better prepared for this whole experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have never sinned, have they? They are apostles, they are the descendants of priests; one can only wonder from what source they draw their indignation, and above all how much they have pocketed to do this, and in any case what it has done for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30195]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and prizes for acts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're deeply sorry for causing trouble to and disturbing our patients. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36530]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're deeply sorry for causing trouble to and disturbing our patients.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman   War is too serious a matter to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61166]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman   War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, now a roundel and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence--  Some to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, now a roundel and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence--  Some to kill canters in the musk-rose buds,   Some war with reremice for their leathren wings,    To make my small elves coats, and some keep back     The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders      At our quaint spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Third act of the eternal play! In poster-like emblazonries  "Autumn once more begins today"--   'Tis written all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Third act of the eternal play! In poster-like emblazonries  "Autumn once more begins today"--   'Tis written all across the trees    In yellow like Chinese.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigourously, more vigourously, and more severely, than by one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigourously, more vigourously, and more severely, than by one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to have a fairly recent analysis of the impacts before they can apply these categorical exclusions. If they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32777]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to have a fairly recent analysis of the impacts before they can apply these categorical exclusions. If they're planning to improperly apply these exemptions ... in places where there are old land use plans that are out of date, then they are asking for legal trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38028]]></link><description><![CDATA[They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus the whirligig of time Brings in his revenges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus the whirligig of time Brings in his revenges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45876]]></link><description><![CDATA[War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27796]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very obviously, they've pitched well - not making mistakes, living on the corners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very obviously, they've pitched well - not making mistakes, living on the corners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35258</guid></item></channel></rss>