<?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[Here is the ghost Of a summer that lived for us,  Here is a promise   Of summer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the ghost Of a summer that lived for us,  Here is a promise   Of summer to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O nation miserable, With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptred,  When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,   Since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59973]]></link><description><![CDATA[O nation miserable, With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptred,  When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,   Since that the truest issue of thy throne    By his own interdiction stands accursed     And does blaspheme his breed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream. - The Man in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream. - The Man in the Water, 1994.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I was in de land ob cotton, Ole times dar am not forgotten,  Look-a-way! Look-a-way! Look-a-way, Dixie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I was in de land ob cotton, Ole times dar am not forgotten,  Look-a-way! Look-a-way! Look-a-way, Dixie Land!   . . . .    Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!     In Dixie Land I'll take my stand      To lib and die in Dixie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure  A white so perfect, spotless clear   As in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure  A white so perfect, spotless clear   As in this flower doth appear?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44872]]></link><description><![CDATA[He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change or die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change or die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entire water of sea can't sink a ship,unless it gets inside the ship . Similarly negativity of world can't put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entire water of sea can't sink a ship,unless it gets inside the ship . Similarly negativity of world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17861]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good conscience is a continued Christmas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9827]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good conscience is a continued Christmas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love isn't who you can see yourself with, it's who you can't see yourself without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love isn't who you can see yourself with, it's who you can't see yourself without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good men prefer to be accountable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good men prefer to be accountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through standalone DSL furthers this goal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20717]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52582]]></link><description><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over a garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trendy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!  That weapon of her weakness she can wield,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!  That weapon of her weakness she can wield,   To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is room left also for several to bring their friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50366]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is room left also for several to bring their friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is the smith of his own fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is the smith of his own fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.http://www.sathyasai.org. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.http://www.sathyasai.org.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That might have to be extended again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29435]]></link><description><![CDATA[That might have to be extended again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had to either prevent or slow down their counters by keeping our front court active and making them play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30492]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had to either prevent or slow down their counters by keeping our front court active and making them play defense. We knew they were going to run, and we were going to stick with our defensive plays. But the breakdowns added up and they cost us the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About one in 10 have symptoms that meet criteria for a disorder plus also have some significant impairment to leading ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28460]]></link><description><![CDATA[About one in 10 have symptoms that meet criteria for a disorder plus also have some significant impairment to leading a normal life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11519]]></link><description><![CDATA[What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's friend is no man's friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's friend is no man's friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34976]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62703]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never let my school interfere with my education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13367]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never let my school interfere with my education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to follow the old rule for a while. In fact, once you masterthe old rule, you are then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21483]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to follow the old rule for a while. In fact, once you masterthe old rule, you are then the master-and masters get to change things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21483</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[Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin'. And if we have an opinion, you know you're gonna hear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assume a virtue if you have it not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assume a virtue if you have it not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History will be kind to me for I intend to write it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19303]]></link><description><![CDATA[History will be kind to me for I intend to write it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/866]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no signs of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no signs of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14949]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43994]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43994</guid></item></channel></rss>