<?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[Pentecost Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 INSCRIPTION FOR A PULPIT "The hungry sheep look up, and are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pentecost Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 INSCRIPTION FOR A PULPIT "The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed." The hungry sheep, that crave the living Bread. Grow few, and lean, and feeble as can be, When fed not Gospel, but philosophy; Not Love's eternal story, no, not this, But apt allusion, keen analysis. Discourse well framed -- forgot as soon as heard -- Man's thin dilution of the living Word. O Preacher, leave the rhetorician's arts; Preach Christ, the Food of hungry human hearts; Hold fast to science, history, or creed, But preach the Answer to our human need, That in this place, at least, it may be said No hungry sheep looks up and is not fed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's not my personality. For me, the fun part of making movies is seeing it as a director sees it. I like the architecture of movies. I like knowing what's coming and working to set that up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to see children before anyone commits a crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to see children before anyone commits a crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As best gem upon her zone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As best gem upon her zone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54351]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not going to be easy, but I think things were encouraging. It's better than what it was last Sunday, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not going to be easy, but I think things were encouraging. It's better than what it was last Sunday, by far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many bodies in front of the net. There took a little bit more liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32954]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many bodies in front of the net. There took a little bit more liberties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him. [The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49889]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him. [The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heating season is not over, but for today, it's a decrease of significant proportion and that makes it a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heating season is not over, but for today, it's a decrease of significant proportion and that makes it a good day for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making love is celestial, making war is terrifying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making love is celestial, making war is terrifying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth;  If you had been in Turkey or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth;  If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,   Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth,    Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,     You'd wish yourself where Truth is--in a well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that would have the fruit must climb the tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21243]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep heart listening and speaking your truth generates an exhilarating "heart talk" frequency. "Heart talk" is care in action and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep heart listening and speaking your truth generates an exhilarating "heart talk" frequency. "Heart talk" is care in action and builds friendship. As you learn to see everyone as your friend, and not as an enemy, you release judgments. Just keep your heart open to them as you speak your truth. -Sara Paddison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43132]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva, into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I wake up and I think I should start wearing a beret, but I don't do it. One day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wake up and I think I should start wearing a beret, but I don't do it. One day I'm gonna, though. You bet your ass, I will have a beret on. That's ridiculous, but it's true. I always fight with wearing a beret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the protesters left after conducting a tribal ceremony. There is no more blockade and all access to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29537]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the protesters left after conducting a tribal ceremony. There is no more blockade and all access to the mine is normal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24973]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,   Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. - "On the Cryptic and the Elliptic", 1908.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It went very well. We developed a plan of action that one of our solicitors will be brining to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37775]]></link><description><![CDATA[It went very well. We developed a plan of action that one of our solicitors will be brining to our next meeting, ... The context of the solution is an attempt to remedy the situation at the cause while trying to give the homeowners some immediate relief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is too short not to do a little practical joking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize,  Who never wanted a good word--   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize,  Who never wanted a good word--   From those who spoke her praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still obviously closely monitoring this. At this point, we still don't know exactly what's going on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still obviously closely monitoring this. At this point, we still don't know exactly what's going on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30418]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite significant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What an interesting irony that the foremost chip promoter in the world comes from Wisconsin and Wisconsin would be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39567]]></link><description><![CDATA[What an interesting irony that the foremost chip promoter in the world comes from Wisconsin and Wisconsin would be the first state to say, 'Hey, at least get our permission first'. It's good that lawmakers in Wisconsin are paying attention to the fact that this technology even exists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone, We ne'er shall see him more;  He used to wear an old grey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone, We ne'er shall see him more;  He used to wear an old grey coat,   All buttoned down before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truly noble mind has no resentments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truly noble mind has no resentments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62211]]></link><description><![CDATA[He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11946]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's greatest challenge is to control oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46219]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's greatest challenge is to control oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crow-bar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a man of self-possession; opium greatly invigorates it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We use the outdoor elements to attract the boys to scouting, and when they attend weekly meetings and do community ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39659]]></link><description><![CDATA[We use the outdoor elements to attract the boys to scouting, and when they attend weekly meetings and do community service projects, they don't realize they're learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39659</guid></item></channel></rss>