<?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 the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24559]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And have you been to Borderland? Its country lies on either hand  Beyond the river I-forget.   One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16487]]></link><description><![CDATA[And have you been to Borderland? Its country lies on either hand  Beyond the river I-forget.   One crosses by a single stone    So narrow one must pass alone,     And all about its waters fret--      The laughing river I-forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The Tempest growls; but as it nearer comes,  And rolls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57910]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The Tempest growls; but as it nearer comes,  And rolls its awful burden on the wind,   The Lightnings flash a larger curve, and more    The Noise astounds; till overhead a sheet     Of livid flame discloses wide, then shuts,      And opens wider; shuts and opens still       Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze.        Follows the loosen'd aggravated Roar,         Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal,          Crush'd, horrible, convulsing Heaven and Earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could see a movement in the country toward food and fitness, and we thought we could be successful in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31596]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could see a movement in the country toward food and fitness, and we thought we could be successful in that niche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20472]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call some books immortal! Do they live? If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.  In Books, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4544]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call some books immortal! Do they live? If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.  In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/555]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your mother, necessarily. This is a guy in search of truth. Incidentally, that truth one day could save your life or the life of someone you love. That's a heroic thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60121]]></link><description><![CDATA[So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading;  I cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading;  I cannot sit and think. Books think for me.   - Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26550]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27171]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Tuesday last A falcon, now tow'ring in her pride of place,  Was by a mousing owl hawked at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15057]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday last A falcon, now tow'ring in her pride of place,  Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3467]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you'll just be the thirteenth clown]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP-] I didn't know what it was first time I saw it, ... My fiancÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â© pulled up about half ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30712]]></link><description><![CDATA[[ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP-] I didn't know what it was first time I saw it, ... My fiancÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â© pulled up about half way in the driveway and shouted 'Quick! Get a camera.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14776]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52716]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64109]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure. [Lat., Cignoni non sine causa Apoloni dicata sint, quod ab eo divinationem habere videantur, qua providentes quid in morte boni sit, cum cantu et voluptate moriantur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just weren't playing together. I think we used too much emotion in an exciting game on Friday and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39439]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just weren't playing together. I think we used too much emotion in an exciting game on Friday and we the next game we just burned out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is in the details. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is in the details.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47870]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5171]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56675]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about.... If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about.... If you want to get along, go along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60454]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd The fingers of this hand wherewith I write;  And ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23820]]></link><description><![CDATA[First time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd The fingers of this hand wherewith I write;  And ever since it grew more clean and white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61478]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63884]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christina never called me names, which was very sweet. She said I was the only person there to support her, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christina never called me names, which was very sweet. She said I was the only person there to support her, so she didn't want to alienate me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43838]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the pillar that holds up the world ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the pillar that holds up the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 Continuing a short series on authenticity: For the preacher's merit or demerit, It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 Continuing a short series on authenticity: For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure, Which lies as safe in a golden ewer; But the main thing is, does it hold good measure? Heaven soon sets right all other matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10665]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,  Facti crimen habet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17553]]></link><description><![CDATA[This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing that they do before they do anything is interventions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37254]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing that they do before they do anything is interventions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8932]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tempt not a desperate man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tempt not a desperate man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65325]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the Spencer mural has long since faded away, and they have put (up) a new mural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37260]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the Spencer mural has long since faded away, and they have put (up) a new mural.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. [Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors qu'il ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. [Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors qu'il prie.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47942</guid></item></channel></rss>