<?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[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1194]]></link><description><![CDATA[No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1194</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[O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57973]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life sofull of meaningful things that you'll hardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life sofull of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think aboutfood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye flowers that drop, forsaken by the spring, Ye birds that, left by summer, cease to sing,  Ye trees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye flowers that drop, forsaken by the spring, Ye birds that, left by summer, cease to sing,  Ye trees that fade, when Autumn heats remove,   Say, is not absence death to those who love?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is said that no star is a heroine to her makeup artist ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that no star is a heroine to her makeup artist]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as could ken thy chalky cliffs, When from thy shore the tempest beat us back,  I stood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57907]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as could ken thy chalky cliffs, When from thy shore the tempest beat us back,  I stood upon the hatches in the storm,   And when the dusky sky began to rob    My earnest-gaping sight of thy land's view,     I took a costly jewel from my neck,      A heart it was, bound in with diamonds,       And threw it toward thy land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's premises with clothes on, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46443]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's premises with clothes on, but was easily quieted by a naked thief]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable turns bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only shame is to have none ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only shame is to have none]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2685]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who dainties love shall beggars prove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who dainties love shall beggars prove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65543]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,  And heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,  And heard thy everlasting yarn confess   The Pains and Penalties of Idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50361]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is a fine field for talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is a fine field for talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what we'd do if they go out of business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37961]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know what we'd do if they go out of business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make a call of the hostage takers, in the name of Islam and God the gracious, not to betray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34959]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make a call of the hostage takers, in the name of Islam and God the gracious, not to betray the principles of Islam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I happen to think it's safer having the people out of the token booths than in the token booths. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I happen to think it's safer having the people out of the token booths than in the token booths. When they're circulating, they're much more, you know, 'eyes and ears' than when they're stuck in a booth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the music of Beethoven, Bach and Charlie Parker, the Beatles' music was built to last - proving that a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the music of Beethoven, Bach and Charlie Parker, the Beatles' music was built to last - proving that a thing of beauty is a joy forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13585]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2206]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O day and night, but this is wondrous strange! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61987]]></link><description><![CDATA[O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58959]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58888]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begging a courtesy is selling liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62421]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort.  [Ger., Denn was man schwarz ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47765]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort.  [Ger., Denn was man schwarz auf weiss besitzt,   Kann man getrost nach Hause tragen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,  Yet gives not o'er though desperate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46161]]></link><description><![CDATA[So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,  Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Current condition of the BYU football program? I think it's in good shape. We've got some good young players. We've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Current condition of the BYU football program? I think it's in good shape. We've got some good young players. We've had two or three pretty good recruiting years. We lost some players, obviously, that hurt us, but you always have turnover in college through attrition (graduation, transfers). That's the nature of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He held his seat; a friend to human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19952]]></link><description><![CDATA[He held his seat; a friend to human race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3169]]></link><description><![CDATA[No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May everything he treads upon become a rose! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50828]]></link><description><![CDATA[May everything he treads upon become a rose!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not released from his commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15684]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66243]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18829]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13567]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As cold as cucumbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48515]]></link><description><![CDATA[As cold as cucumbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9102]]></link><description><![CDATA[As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12789]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so? She smiled, and said: I know full well, my son, that all you say is true. I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can. No arguments will give courage to the coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43875</guid></item></channel></rss>