<?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[Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two great things you can give your children: one isroots, the other is wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two great things you can give your children: one isroots, the other is wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;  Or out of breath with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;  Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge   Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I doubt it. I just think he's going to equal or slightly exceed the $74 million from the last time. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35629]]></link><description><![CDATA[I doubt it. I just think he's going to equal or slightly exceed the $74 million from the last time. I don't think he'll reach $100 million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life and probably saved it. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life and probably saved it. I was lucky but other Americans are not. It is time to speak again and stand again for the ideal that in the richest nation ever on this planet, it is wrong for 41 million Americans, most of them in working families, to worry at night and wake up in the morning without the basic protection of health insurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16474]]></link><description><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold   Dominion over palm and pine--    Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,     Lest we forget--lest we forget!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51825]]></link><description><![CDATA[She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to keep order and security so that there will not be any negative side effects. Try to be polite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to keep order and security so that there will not be any negative side effects. Try to be polite ... and avoid scuffles as befits a revolutionary Iranian Muslim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58005]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66604]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that they'll learn to put different meanings with certain words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39242]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that they'll learn to put different meanings with certain words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's in an exhausted state most of the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30017]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's in an exhausted state most of the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49520]]></link><description><![CDATA[If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we've begun to do is discuss the issue, the constitutional issues around that idea, again the privacy issue, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31694]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we've begun to do is discuss the issue, the constitutional issues around that idea, again the privacy issue, which may not be unconstitutional but may pertain to our unique sense of privacy in the United States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In doing nothing men learn to do evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48805]]></link><description><![CDATA[In doing nothing men learn to do evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bubble winked at me, and said, "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bubble winked at me, and said, "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say we did well is an understatement. We really dominated the tournament. The champions we had ? not just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42147]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say we did well is an understatement. We really dominated the tournament. The champions we had ? not just from Mount Sinai ? I think are going to represent Division II at the tournament in a very positive fashion. We have some very tough kids and I think we're going to do well in the states.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63405]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave not a rack behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave not a rack behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift much expected is paid, not given. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49026]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift much expected is paid, not given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was funny, ... I started laughing immediately. It's always been fun coming to BU and playing here. So, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42591]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was funny, ... I started laughing immediately. It's always been fun coming to BU and playing here. So, to do it now and have those fans behind me one more time, it was pretty fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say we are Almost as like as eggs. -The Winter's Tale. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55772]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say we are Almost as like as eggs. -The Winter's Tale. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55489]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11731]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her. But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, "Dust to dust," some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them. At his hanging, he told the others, "I'll be waiting for you in heaven--with a gun.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/400]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and health on sea nor shore shall fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will eliminate the need for the tent and free up more space in the hog and sheep barns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34128]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will eliminate the need for the tent and free up more space in the hog and sheep barns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the Jenny Craig evangelist! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40183]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the Jenny Craig evangelist!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12381]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connellsville made the big shots and you have to give them credit. When they got us by the throat, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Connellsville made the big shots and you have to give them credit. When they got us by the throat, they choked us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, "here, my poor man", ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, "here, my poor man", but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.It is not the reciever that is blessed, but it is the giver.Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8683]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65393]]></link><description><![CDATA[All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard professing Christians of our own day speak as though the historicity of the Gospels does not matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7791]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard professing Christians of our own day speak as though the historicity of the Gospels does not matter -- all that matters is the contemporary Spirit of Christ. I contend that the historicity does matter, and I do not see why we, who live nearly two thousand years later, should call into question an Event for which there were many eye-witnesses still living at the time when most of the New Testament was written. It was no "cunningly devised fable" but an historic irruption of God into human history which gave birth to a young church so sturdy that the pagan world could not stifle or destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country. [Lat., Servare cives, major ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45813]]></link><description><![CDATA[To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country. [Lat., Servare cives, major est virtus patriae patri.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44359]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal civilization with its aristocracy and slaves has departed with the economic system upon which it rested.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets Most perfect dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets Most perfect dies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54423</guid></item></channel></rss>