<?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[That is why, all the girls in town / Follow you / All around / Just like me / They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10927]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is why, all the girls in town / Follow you / All around / Just like me / They long to be / Close to you / On the day that you were born the angels got together / And decided to create a dream come true / So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair and golden starlight in your eyes of blue...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What power had Ibefore I learned to yield?Shatter me Great Wind!I shall possess the field!Richard Wilbura stanza from his poem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26588]]></link><description><![CDATA[What power had Ibefore I learned to yield?Shatter me Great Wind!I shall possess the field!Richard Wilbura stanza from his poem To A Milkweed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cynicism is intellectual treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynicism is intellectual treason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5263]]></link><description><![CDATA[The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm having the time of my life figuring out this next move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9921]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm having the time of my life figuring out this next move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55505]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However boldly their warm blood was spilt, Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;  And this they knew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18460]]></link><description><![CDATA[However boldly their warm blood was spilt, Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;  And this they knew and felt, at least the one,   The leader of the hand he had undone,--    Who, born for better things, had madly set     His life upon a cast, which linger'd yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51664]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9815]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. [Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51675]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. [Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislike being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislike being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As any bidder, Smith & Johnson was required to secure services of a bonding company in the role of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38058]]></link><description><![CDATA[As any bidder, Smith & Johnson was required to secure services of a bonding company in the role of an insurance company. If for whatever reason the contractor is unable to perform, the bonding company steps in and takes over responsibility for the work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You won't find candy bars in vending machines in our schools anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40764]]></link><description><![CDATA[You won't find candy bars in vending machines in our schools anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3286]]></link><description><![CDATA[You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "art of tea" is a spiritual force for us to share ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "art of tea" is a spiritual force for us to share]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   When law and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   When law and sin ceased to be distinguished in Israel, compassion induced Him to appoint judges again. If these are gifted with heroic qualities, to vanquish the oppressors of Israel, it is nevertheless not this heroism that forms their principal characteristic. That consists in judging. They restore... the authority of the law. For this reason, God raises up judges, not princes. The title sets forth both their work and the occasion of their appointment. Israel is free and powerful when its law is observed throughout the land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6862</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[When I looked at the tanker, I saw gas pouring out onto the highway. I said, 'Oh my God.' The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35572]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I looked at the tanker, I saw gas pouring out onto the highway. I said, 'Oh my God.' The traffic was driving right through the gasoline,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In solitude, where we are least alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57157]]></link><description><![CDATA[In solitude, where we are least alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42276]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60368]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27877]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With what a deep devotedness of woe I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again  Thinking of thee, still thee, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/153]]></link><description><![CDATA[With what a deep devotedness of woe I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again  Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain,   And memory, like a drop that, night and day,    Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16358]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13857]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is more stinking than drinking, but to feel isfor real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is more stinking than drinking, but to feel isfor real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54689]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, at a certain time, in pleasant mood, He tried the luxury of doing good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, at a certain time, in pleasant mood, He tried the luxury of doing good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was planning on doing something, but I wanted to act like I've been in the end zone before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29723]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was planning on doing something, but I wanted to act like I've been in the end zone before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66241]]></link><description><![CDATA[No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others. [Lat., Aequum est  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16505]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others. [Lat., Aequum est  Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings about these long European stages. Unlike some of our rivals we had no problems with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41118]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings about these long European stages. Unlike some of our rivals we had no problems with the windscreen misting over when it rained in October. But I think the problems could arise tomorrow if it rains. If it is really muddy on the second stage it could be dangerous; if you slide or lose traction, that is where the problems begin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41118</guid></item></channel></rss>