<?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[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape;  Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest   Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17280]]></link><description><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition never comes to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition never comes to an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will be gone, That pitiful rumor may report my flight  To consolate thine ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54557]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will be gone, That pitiful rumor may report my flight  To consolate thine ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58823]]></link><description><![CDATA[If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the kids get pumped up to play against other competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the kids get pumped up to play against other competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14411]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24420]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was no way to plug the leak. The driver tried, but he got soaked in gas and had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35566]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was no way to plug the leak. The driver tried, but he got soaked in gas and had to be treated in the ambulance,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fixing Unix is easier than living with NT. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fixing Unix is easier than living with NT.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against the darkness outer God's light his likeness takes,  And he from the mighty doubter   The great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against the darkness outer God's light his likeness takes,  And he from the mighty doubter   The great believer makes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I could fly, I am so happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I could fly, I am so happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold him setting in his western skies, The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold him setting in his western skies, The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the sword; the one uses it as a means of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means of defence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God will, no winde but brings raine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50072]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God will, no winde but brings raine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honeymoon: A short period of doting between dating and debting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honeymoon: A short period of doting between dating and debting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is on the table, we have innumerable possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is on the table, we have innumerable possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without a friend is death without a witness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life without a friend is death without a witness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chip is an outstanding executive with solid resources industry experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chip is an outstanding executive with solid resources industry experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28576]]></link><description><![CDATA[When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Melvin's contract is absolutely being extended. We're just working through the details. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doug Melvin's contract is absolutely being extended. We're just working through the details.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To do nothing is also a good remedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1224]]></link><description><![CDATA[To do nothing is also a good remedy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People begin to gain weight as they become older. It's only natural that they gain weight if they eat the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39651]]></link><description><![CDATA[People begin to gain weight as they become older. It's only natural that they gain weight if they eat the same amount of food as they did when they were young. They need to know that their basal metabolic rate decreases with age. Gaining weight means not only increasing the amount of subcutaneous fat in the body, but visceral as well, and this is the major factor in lifestyle-related diseases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39651</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[Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good & quickly seldome meete. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good & quickly seldome meete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41535]]></link><description><![CDATA[once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything that seems unnecessary, and once to make the whole thing sound as if I have only just thought of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really staggering to stand there on that slab on what was their City Hall and you look around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30441]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really staggering to stand there on that slab on what was their City Hall and you look around 360 degrees and you see nothing there that could be salvaged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The honey-bee that wanders all day long The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er,  To gather in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3897]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honey-bee that wanders all day long The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er,  To gather in his fragrant winter store,   Humming in calm content his winter song,    Seeks not alone the rose's glowing breast,     The lily's dainty cup, the violet's lips,      But from all rank and noxious weeds he sips       The single drop of sweetness closely pressed        Within the poison chalice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57817]]></link><description><![CDATA[They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She only said, My life is dreary, He cometh not, she said;  She said I am aweary, aweary,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51712]]></link><description><![CDATA[She only said, My life is dreary, He cometh not, she said;  She said I am aweary, aweary,   Oh God, that I were dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity makes few friends. [Fr., La proserite fait peu d'amis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity makes few friends. [Fr., La proserite fait peu d'amis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when eve's silent footfall steals Along the eastern sky,  And one by one to earth reveals   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14255]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when eve's silent footfall steals Along the eastern sky,  And one by one to earth reveals   Those purer fires on high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How like the leper, with his own sad cry Enforcing his own solitude, it tolls!  That lonely bell set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4137]]></link><description><![CDATA[How like the leper, with his own sad cry Enforcing his own solitude, it tolls!  That lonely bell set in the rushing shoals,   To warn us from the place of jeopardy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One fire burns out another's burning, One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;  Turn giddy and be holp by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51464]]></link><description><![CDATA[One fire burns out another's burning, One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;  Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;   One desperate grief cures with another's languish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not how much you do, but how much Love you put into the doing that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25859]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not how much you do, but how much Love you put into the doing that matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of morals, and a book ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of morals, and a book of religion, of especial revelation from God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1400</guid></item></channel></rss>