<?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[To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason. [Fr., L'abstenir pur jouir, c'est l'epicurisme de la raison.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13253]]></link><description><![CDATA[To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason. [Fr., L'abstenir pur jouir, c'est l'epicurisme de la raison.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rout is Folly's circle, which she draws With magic wand. So potent is the spell,  That none decoy'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rout is Folly's circle, which she draws With magic wand. So potent is the spell,  That none decoy'd into that fatal ring,   Unless by Heaven's peculiar grace, escape.    There we grow early gray, but never wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep; Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep; Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O what a loud and fearful shriek was there! . . .  Ah me! they view'd beneath an hireling's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16673]]></link><description><![CDATA[O what a loud and fearful shriek was there! . . .  Ah me! they view'd beneath an hireling's sword   Fallen Kosciusco.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57971]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This (assassination) is against our principles and my principles, and I would never do such a thing in my life, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29894]]></link><description><![CDATA[This (assassination) is against our principles and my principles, and I would never do such a thing in my life, ... What do we achieve? I think what happened targeted Syria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're getting a collection of Irish and Scottish music going, which is fun and it really gets people stomping their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37835]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're getting a collection of Irish and Scottish music going, which is fun and it really gets people stomping their feet. They're not so much singing along, unless they know the words and then they get started.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The political world is stimulating. It's the most interesting thing you can do. It beats following the dollar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47034]]></link><description><![CDATA[The political world is stimulating. It's the most interesting thing you can do. It beats following the dollar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet what are they, the learned and the great? Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!  Who shall presume to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet what are they, the learned and the great? Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!  Who shall presume to prophesy their date,   Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?   - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were times when South River had four players on Johann and Mandel, and we were able to take advantage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32745]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were times when South River had four players on Johann and Mandel, and we were able to take advantage of that at times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13630]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31621</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[Words, without power, is mere philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words, without power, is mere philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's only as old as the woman he feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63494]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's only as old as the woman he feels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast,  Serene, and resolute, and still,   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast,  Serene, and resolute, and still,   And calm, and self-possessed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62994]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked propensity to choke the word of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom he was a piper's son, He learned to play when he was young;  Bug all the tune that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom he was a piper's son, He learned to play when he was young;  Bug all the tune that he could play   Was "Over the hills and far away."   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the heavens, he shows me where the bachelors sit, and there live we as merry as the day is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27423]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the heavens, he shows me where the bachelors sit, and there live we as merry as the day is long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He pitched solid. [Like Newhouse] he used the defense. He gave up four hits. That's good enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31327]]></link><description><![CDATA[He pitched solid. [Like Newhouse] he used the defense. He gave up four hits. That's good enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21508]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun,  Sometimes swift, sometimes slow,-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54321]]></link><description><![CDATA[And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun,  Sometimes swift, sometimes slow,--   Wave succeeding wave, they go    A various journey to the deep,     Like human life to endless sleep!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can definitely relate to a few things in the song. Going mudding on a dirt road, going to football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can definitely relate to a few things in the song. Going mudding on a dirt road, going to football games, I did a few of those things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that once deceives is ever suspected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that once deceives is ever suspected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism... .It is understandable why ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29699]]></link><description><![CDATA[For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism... .It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are dancing on a volcano. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are dancing on a volcano.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did a good job from the foul line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34440]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did a good job from the foul line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other ropers get real heavy when they get wet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other ropers get real heavy when they get wet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires. [Lat., Discite quam parvo liceat producere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn on how little man may live, and how small a portion nature requires. [Lat., Discite quam parvo liceat producere vitam,  Et quantum natura petat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our surveillance team set up and watched this particular group install a card reader and a camera on the ATM ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our surveillance team set up and watched this particular group install a card reader and a camera on the ATM machine,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48855]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two men to make one brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66119]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two men to make one brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57559]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No doubt they rose up early to observe The rite of May; and, hearing our intent,  Came here in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26619]]></link><description><![CDATA[No doubt they rose up early to observe The rite of May; and, hearing our intent,  Came here in grace of our solemnity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26619</guid></item></channel></rss>