<?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[Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we need to drain the water, we will do it at a point where demand for electricity is low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32820]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we need to drain the water, we will do it at a point where demand for electricity is low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living is a disease from which sleep gives us relief eight hours a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living is a disease from which sleep gives us relief eight hours a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails,  Like kittens playing with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61820]]></link><description><![CDATA[With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails,  Like kittens playing with their tails.   [Ger., Mit wenig Witz und viel Behagen    Dreht jeder sich im engen Zirkeltanz     Wie junge Katzen mit dem Schwanz.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: "My God, make our enemies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: "My God, make our enemies very ridiculous!" God has granted it to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm trying to help him build his confidence. He can do a lot of things. He can field. He can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm trying to help him build his confidence. He can do a lot of things. He can field. He can hit. He can run. He has everything. All he needs in experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This life's dim windows of the soul. Distorts the heavens from pole to pole. And leads you to believe a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25228]]></link><description><![CDATA[This life's dim windows of the soul. Distorts the heavens from pole to pole. And leads you to believe a lie when you see with, not through, the eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25827]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up here in the north country (areas with high levels of snow), we'd like to see 10 percent more deer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up here in the north country (areas with high levels of snow), we'd like to see 10 percent more deer, in the middle snow fall zone we could have up to 50 percent more deer, and in southern areas where we have a lot of agriculture in the landscape, perhaps around 15 percent fewer deer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship", for power alone was never yet worthy of prayer; but that He may say thus: "Look, my children, you will never be strong but with my strength. I have no other to give you. And that you can get only by trusting in me. I can not give it you any other way. There is no other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids got a little tired, and they haven't been in pressure situations before. That's our jobs as coaches to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37679]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids got a little tired, and they haven't been in pressure situations before. That's our jobs as coaches to get them ready to play in those pressure situations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I survived that trouble so likewise may I survive this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59727]]></link><description><![CDATA[I survived that trouble so likewise may I survive this one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as tourists, (Worcester County) can't be beat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40016]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as tourists, (Worcester County) can't be beat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Is there no hope?" the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head,  And took his leave with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26693]]></link><description><![CDATA["Is there no hope?" the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head,  And took his leave with signs of sorrow,   Despairing of his fee to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48090]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54432]]></link><description><![CDATA[All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878  If there were a righteousness which a man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878  If there were a righteousness which a man could have of his own, then we should have to concern ourselves with the question of how it can be imparted to him. But there is not. The idea of a righteousness of one's own is the quintessence of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every wish Is like a prayer--with God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be without logic than without feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be without logic than without feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're biggest expense is the money you don't make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21199]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're biggest expense is the money you don't make.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing to move toward correctness. They freeze up if they think you'll pounce on every error. You want your daughters to keep writing, since this is the best way for them to develop strong usage skills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way  To where you taper cheers the vale  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way  To where you taper cheers the vale   With hospitable ray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich with the spoils of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich with the spoils of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To greed, all nature is insufficient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18296]]></link><description><![CDATA[To greed, all nature is insufficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64874]]></link><description><![CDATA[You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The royal kingcup bold Dares not don his coat of gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5139]]></link><description><![CDATA[The royal kingcup bold Dares not don his coat of gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, it's a good bird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, it's a good bird.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the Frogs AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As hewas crossing through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1509]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the Frogs AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As hewas crossing through the water he lost his footing, stumbled andfell, and not being able to rise on account of his load, groanedheavily. Some Frogs frequenting the pool heard his lamentation,and said, What would you do if you had to live here always as wedo, when you make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water?Men often bear little grievances with less courage thanthey do large misfortunes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to see a band in New York. The lead singer got on the microphone, and he said How ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44422]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to see a band in New York. The lead singer got on the microphone, and he said How many of you people feel like human beings tonight? Then he said How many of you feel like animals? And everyone cheered after the animals part. But the thing is, I cheered after the human being part because I did not know that there was a second part to the question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners were left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You can't have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49988]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10902</guid></item></channel></rss>