<?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[Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement; this will better enable you to find out the natural bent of the child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4499]]></link><description><![CDATA[My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fought hard. But then I thought he had a good chance at winning this match; I didn't think it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39059]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fought hard. But then I thought he had a good chance at winning this match; I didn't think it was that big of an upset because he's a good little wrestler. I don't remember anyone ever beating him. He always beat himself because of the mistakes he made and the points he gave up. He's a good little athlete, probably pound for pound the best athlete in that high school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She can do things that no one in our district can do. She's got a quick first step, and is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40165]]></link><description><![CDATA[She can do things that no one in our district can do. She's got a quick first step, and is an incredible athlete. I'm honored to have the opportunity to coach her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55614]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There 's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins. Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s impudence, ask yourself at once, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂCan the world exist without impudent people?ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â It cannot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41480]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s impudence, ask yourself at once, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂCan the world exist without impudent people?ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart was made to be broken ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart was made to be broken]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weight loss is not just about behavior and willpower; it's biological. There is a coordinated mechanism in the body designed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weight loss is not just about behavior and willpower; it's biological. There is a coordinated mechanism in the body designed to prevent you from starving to death that makes weight loss difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53607]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55266]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47353]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity is not a religion but a relationship of love expressed toward God and men. The church is committed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity is not a religion but a relationship of love expressed toward God and men. The church is committed by its Founder to reach out in love to every movement that upbuilds character and integrity in men, and every gesture that aims to resolve the differences that estrange human beings from each other. The Gospel in its free course goes hand-in-hand with the cup of cold water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God knows I loved my niece, And she is dead, slandered to death by villains,  That dare as well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56552]]></link><description><![CDATA[God knows I loved my niece, And she is dead, slandered to death by villains,  That dare as well answer a man indeed   As I dare take a serpent by the tongue.    Boys, apes, braggarts, Jacks, milksops!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  Though Christ a thousand times In Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  Though Christ a thousand times In Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee Thy soul is still forlorn. The cross on Golgotha Will never save thy soul; The cross in thy own heart Alone can make thee whole.   ... anonymous, 3rd century  December 29, 2002 Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170   The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Savior from hell rather than a Savior from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And where the offense is, let the great axe fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54097]]></link><description><![CDATA[And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All authority belongs to the people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3481]]></link><description><![CDATA[All authority belongs to the people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cincinnati blitzed pretty much every other down against Eastern Michigan last week. We just have to be ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cincinnati blitzed pretty much every other down against Eastern Michigan last week. We just have to be ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time flies like an arrow.Fruit flies like a banana. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time flies like an arrow.Fruit flies like a banana.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top chefs will indeed be a part of our food and beverage program. We are in the process of consulting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Top chefs will indeed be a part of our food and beverage program. We are in the process of consulting with chefs we may invite to be part of our IR (integrated resort).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This "Know Yourself" is a silly proverb in some ways; To know the man next door is a much more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42388]]></link><description><![CDATA[This "Know Yourself" is a silly proverb in some ways; To know the man next door is a much more useful rule]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire,  I haul my sail, look up around, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12982]]></link><description><![CDATA[When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire,  I haul my sail, look up around,   In search of Whitbread's best entire.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't tell you some of the things I did as a teenager, but some folks didn't give up on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't tell you some of the things I did as a teenager, but some folks didn't give up on me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58011]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18132]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fifty-four forty, or fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fifty-four forty, or fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that poverty and oysters always seem to go together." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45354]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that poverty and oysters always seem to go together."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is the test of integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is the test of integrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect. [Fr., Nul n'est content de sa fortune;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54724]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect. [Fr., Nul n'est content de sa fortune;  Ni mecontent de son esprit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,  And heightens ease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2768]]></link><description><![CDATA[O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,  And heightens ease with grace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would lovingly carry out this historic mission even if it cost me my life. If I become a national ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42345]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would lovingly carry out this historic mission even if it cost me my life. If I become a national hero in America, this would be good for the Turkish people and the Turkish state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness  That even above ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness  That even above the smiles and frowns of fate   Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth    That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60763</guid></item></channel></rss>