<?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[In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65071]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political leadership has caused a tsunami.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew,  It was a modest flower. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60705]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew,  It was a modest flower.   A shepherdess pass'd by that way--    Light footed, pretty and so gay;     That way she came,      Softly warbling forth her lay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have wings then hornes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49561]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have wings then hornes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51809]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54770]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can afford it, we like it, and unlike the car that you spend $35,000 on today, it appreciates and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35898]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can afford it, we like it, and unlike the car that you spend $35,000 on today, it appreciates and is an excellent investment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a hundred blessings on me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not if you burst yourself will you equal him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To affirm is to make firm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21474]]></link><description><![CDATA[To affirm is to make firm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55799]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9557]]></link><description><![CDATA[I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54603]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be so fast that no one can hit me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be so fast that no one can hit me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should the devil have all the good tunes?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should the devil have all the good tunes?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful Father, I again appear in Thy presence the wretched misspender of another year which Thy mercy has allowed me. O Lord let me not sink into total depravity, look down upon me, and rescue me at last from the captivity of sin. Impart to me good resolutions, and give me strength and perseverance to perform them. Take not from me Thy Holy Spirit, but grant that I may redeem the time lost, and that by temperance and diligence, by sincere repentance and faithful obedience I may finally attain everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34748]]></link><description><![CDATA[In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14542]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You make a winner when you win. I think we can have a good crack for the next two months ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30068]]></link><description><![CDATA[You make a winner when you win. I think we can have a good crack for the next two months and for the next 10 years, too, maybe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The word "Action!" frees me - the transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8690]]></link><description><![CDATA[The word "Action!" frees me - the transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52290]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted into something specific.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So wise, so grave, of so perplex'd a tongue, And loud withal, that would not wag, not scarce  Lie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23502]]></link><description><![CDATA[So wise, so grave, of so perplex'd a tongue, And loud withal, that would not wag, not scarce  Lie still without a fee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25319</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[Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If someone selected for a regular room then gets an endowed room, someone may be pulled up from the wait ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37742]]></link><description><![CDATA[If someone selected for a regular room then gets an endowed room, someone may be pulled up from the wait list.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Never see . . . a dead post-boy, did you?" inquired Sam. . . . "No," rejoined Bob, "I never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61979]]></link><description><![CDATA["Never see . . . a dead post-boy, did you?" inquired Sam. . . . "No," rejoined Bob, "I never did." "No!" rejoined Sam triumphantly. "Nor never vill; and there's another thing that no man never see, and that's a dead donkey."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To hate fatigues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18818]]></link><description><![CDATA[To hate fatigues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42048]]></link><description><![CDATA[One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in the only way which every ultimately does great god, that is, of helping them to help themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11021]]></link><description><![CDATA[O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;  The schoolmaster over the land is advancing,   Then why is the master of dancing so slow?    It is such a bore to be always caught tripping     In dull uniformity year after year;      Invent something new, and you'll set me a skipping:       I want a new figure to dance with my Dear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26690]]></link><description><![CDATA[So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51403]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm from Missouri; you must show me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60013]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm from Missouri; you must show me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I win or I die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I win or I die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38012</guid></item></channel></rss>