<?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[Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barley, fetches, oats, and pease;  Thy turfy mountains, where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barley, fetches, oats, and pease;  Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,   And flat meads thatched with stover, them to keep;    Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims,     Which spongy April at thy hest betrims      To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom groves,       Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves,        Being lasslorn; thy pole-clipt vineyard;         And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard,          Where thou thyself dost air--the queen o' th' sky,           Whose wat-ry arch and messenger am I,            Bids thee leave these, and with her sovereign grace,             Here on this grass-plot, in this very place,              To come and sport: her peacocks fly amain.               Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace through strength – neutrinos through solid matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace through strength – neutrinos through solid matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's one of the main reasons I came back, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38772]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's one of the main reasons I came back,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the situation has changed, we have been taking gradual steps towards the closure of the missions and submissions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29815]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the situation has changed, we have been taking gradual steps towards the closure of the missions and submissions,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19565]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is a simple piece of paper covered with print. The main thing is still to make history, not to write it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got to stabilize the relationship with Fleming, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got to stabilize the relationship with Fleming,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48401]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parsons are soules waggoners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parsons are soules waggoners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["When I am white I win because I am white. When I am black I win because I am Bogoljubov ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5859]]></link><description><![CDATA["When I am white I win because I am white. When I am black I win because I am Bogoljubov]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30721]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66129]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in the European Union, which is 15 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop your bucket where you are;  And while the ship right onward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop your bucket where you are;  And while the ship right onward leaps,   Uplift it from the exhaustless deeps.    Parch not your life with dry despair;     The stream of hope flow everywhere--      So under every sky and star,       Just drop your bucket where you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a great sale. Bidding on e-Bay was very strong as were phone bids. We were busy all weekend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33181]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a great sale. Bidding on e-Bay was very strong as were phone bids. We were busy all weekend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10137]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62724]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's just like a grandpa to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40971]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's just like a grandpa to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62106]]></link><description><![CDATA[By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has nothing to do with press now; it has become a political affair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29420]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has nothing to do with press now; it has become a political affair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30765]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the stock market does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live was fun, really really fun. The changing lady was so quick, she almost tore my arm off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live was fun, really really fun. The changing lady was so quick, she almost tore my arm off after the opening monolouge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43727]]></link><description><![CDATA[To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feet that run on willing errands! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feet that run on willing errands!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willie is a veteran player who upgrades the depth of our defensive corps. He plays a solid defensive game and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Willie is a veteran player who upgrades the depth of our defensive corps. He plays a solid defensive game and will be a good fit for our hockey club as we prepare for the 2006 playoffs and a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a game only saints playKabir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a game only saints playKabir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms,  Crushing the beetle in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms,  Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail,   And crying havoc on the slug and snail.   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Charger and the MillerA charger, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Charger and the MillerA charger, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle. But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state, saying, Ah! Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle. Forbear, said the Miller to him, harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48957]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66425]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62486]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm an avid shoe fan. I got my first pair of Louboutins as a birthday gift from Jami Gertz. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66414]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm an avid shoe fan. I got my first pair of Louboutins as a birthday gift from Jami Gertz.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56795</guid></item></channel></rss>