<?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 be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire;  But thinks, admitted to that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12666]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire;  But thinks, admitted to that equal sky,   His faithful dog shall bear him company.    Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense     Weigh thy opinion against Providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours because it is humanly impossible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55205]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours because it is humanly impossible for inspirations to come with clock-like regularity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16545]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47722]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50018]]></link><description><![CDATA[To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just told them to play better defense. We changed a couple things on our full-court press. We jumped to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32105]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just told them to play better defense. We changed a couple things on our full-court press. We jumped to a 2-3 for a little bit and didn't do too bad of a job with it. They were shooting well the first half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without tact you can learn nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without tact you can learn nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44454]]></link><description><![CDATA[As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The president will discuss Medicare and the new prescription drug care program. He's discussing the same issues in Arizona earlier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The president will discuss Medicare and the new prescription drug care program. He's discussing the same issues in Arizona earlier that morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate who can see better than an umpire standing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3769]]></link><description><![CDATA[A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate who can see better than an umpire standing five feet away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All plumed like estridges that with the wind Baited like eagles having lately bathed; Glittering in golden coats, like images; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55889]]></link><description><![CDATA[All plumed like estridges that with the wind Baited like eagles having lately bathed; Glittering in golden coats, like images; As full of spirit as the month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul  Under the ribs of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul  Under the ribs of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53741]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know." "We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64613]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57531]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I feel so fortunate to be 22 right now and having three [grammy awards] under my belt, which is amazing.'' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3577]]></link><description><![CDATA["I feel so fortunate to be 22 right now and having three [grammy awards] under my belt, which is amazing.'']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good, make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58808]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When buttercups are blossoming, The poets sand, 'tis best to wed:  So all for love we paired in Spring-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5147]]></link><description><![CDATA[When buttercups are blossoming, The poets sand, 'tis best to wed:  So all for love we paired in Spring--   Blanche and I--ere youth had sped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35331]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A whisper can be stronger, as an atom is stronger, than a whole mountain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A whisper can be stronger, as an atom is stronger, than a whole mountain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell-- Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,--  Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell-- Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,--  Then some leap'd overboard with fearful yell,   As eager to anticipate their grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's one of those things that is a nightmare. That should never happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39477]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's one of those things that is a nightmare. That should never happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27796]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather and prunello. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather and prunello.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon, A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,  Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23328]]></link><description><![CDATA[A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon, A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,  Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of the mean,   And furbish falsehoods for a magazine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28485]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the little one thinking about? Very wonderful things, no doubt;  Unwritten history!   Unfathomed mystery!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3636]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the little one thinking about? Very wonderful things, no doubt;  Unwritten history!   Unfathomed mystery!    Yet he laughs and cries, and eats and drinks,     And chuckles and crows, and nods and winks,      As if his head were as full of kinks       And curious riddles as any sphinx!   - Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[March: Its tree, Juniper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26370]]></link><description><![CDATA[March: Its tree, Juniper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50771]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the GrasshopperAn Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the GrasshopperAn Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, The dew. The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58081]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her mouth is a honey-blossom,  No doubt, as the poet sings; But within her lips, the petals,  Lurks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her mouth is a honey-blossom,  No doubt, as the poet sings; But within her lips, the petals,  Lurks a cruel bee that stings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the Nightly shore,-- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the Nightly shore,-- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!  Quoth the Raven "Nevermore!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature. [Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature. [Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48660]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48660</guid></item></channel></rss>