<?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[[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50427]]></link><description><![CDATA[[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's kind of a mess, and they wanted some fix. This would be a good fix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's kind of a mess, and they wanted some fix. This would be a good fix.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35617]]></link><description><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or see them drown in foamy draughts of old nut-brown, then I do wear the crown, without the cross!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating;  O'er the dreamy, listless haze,   White and dainty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating;  O'er the dreamy, listless haze,   White and dainty cloudlets floating;    Winking at the blushing trees,     And the sombre, furrowed fallow;      Smiling at the airy ease,       Of the southward flying swallow        Sweet and smiling are thy ways,         Beauteous, golden Autumn days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. Itis for us to put ourselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. Itis for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44124]]></link><description><![CDATA[A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833   The fool for Christ holds a prophetic role in Christianity, from the early church to Russian Orthodox "pilgrims" and such later fools as Luther, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky, who were seekers after the true, the good, the holy, the beautiful. They were insane -- not in a clinical sense, but in the madness of the Holy, an insanity which ordinary sanity refuses to admit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26469]]></link><description><![CDATA[No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62268]]></link><description><![CDATA[This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64552]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd be under the nearest table the second I felt the first shudder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd be under the nearest table the second I felt the first shudder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. is fully an attractive place to invest; it's the safest country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36618]]></link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. is fully an attractive place to invest; it's the safest country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12234]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is thrust upon us, and we must take it whether we will or not. Happiest is he who takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is thrust upon us, and we must take it whether we will or not. Happiest is he who takes it most completely and most joyfully, but also most seriously and with the deepest sense of its dangers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16810]]></link><description><![CDATA[To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in social life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody could read about Shakespeare and get honors credit, but those kids who not only have to read Shakespeare but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody could read about Shakespeare and get honors credit, but those kids who not only have to read Shakespeare but to act it and perform it didn't. That is the perfect illustration of why these students should get honors credit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man,  God's latest image. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62626]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly Man,  God's latest image.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always good to win the first match of the series, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41967]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always good to win the first match of the series,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though little fire grows great with little wind, Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though little fire grows great with little wind, Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a terrible tragedy, but I was pleased being out of town and having these discussions (of retirement) going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37450]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a terrible tragedy, but I was pleased being out of town and having these discussions (of retirement) going on to see all these good things that the company and my team did without me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11223]]></link><description><![CDATA[We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16919]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11200]]></link><description><![CDATA[All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news was told him, to exclaim, "Est il possible?"--"Is it possible?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59352]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who allows oppression shares the crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57027]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who allows oppression shares the crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just random stuff that people need done, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just random stuff that people need done,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13568]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then - to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn." Ropo Oguntimehin Education is a companion which no future can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate it and no nepotism can enslave. -T.H. White.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think nought a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,  And trifles life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think nought a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,  And trifles life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45377]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was now a coward on instinct. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55863]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was now a coward on instinct. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never, believe me, Appear the Immortals,  Never alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never, believe me, Appear the Immortals,  Never alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56181]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20189]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the dishes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ups and downs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My library Was dukedom large enough. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56097]]></link><description><![CDATA[My library Was dukedom large enough. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A watch is the most important piece of jewelry you can wear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41810]]></link><description><![CDATA[A watch is the most important piece of jewelry you can wear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know how on St. Patrick's Day everybody is Irish. In Quincy this weekend, everybody's German, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42016]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know how on St. Patrick's Day everybody is Irish. In Quincy this weekend, everybody's German,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66574]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22383]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habituallydirects his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observationstrengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly andresolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's recovering a little bit abroad (today). But, the outlook is for more U.S. losses ... so we have space ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's recovering a little bit abroad (today). But, the outlook is for more U.S. losses ... so we have space to fall further.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California is a tough team and it was a tough few innings, but I think we just got lucky. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40567]]></link><description><![CDATA[California is a tough team and it was a tough few innings, but I think we just got lucky. We started hitting and they walked a few batters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40567</guid></item></channel></rss>