<?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[I 'll speak in a monstrous little voice. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll speak in a monstrous little voice. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is small or great in God's sight; whatever He wills becomes great to us, however trifling, and if once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is small or great in God's sight; whatever He wills becomes great to us, however trifling, and if once the voice of conscience tells us that He requires anything of us, we have no right to measure its importance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all lean towards the koa because that's what Hawaii is known for. But it's tough to work with, especially ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33742]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all lean towards the koa because that's what Hawaii is known for. But it's tough to work with, especially when you get the curly koa. Because of the complexity of the grain, it's a very challenging wood. Mango is a fabulous wood and it's underrated. For some reason, it doesn't carry the influence that koa does. Mango is some beautiful wood. I work some 30 varieties, generally, because I love the variety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatreds are the cinders of affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatreds are the cinders of affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holy Saturday   When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holy Saturday   When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one man for another; it was the life of God poured out to redeem the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23345]]></link><description><![CDATA[You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every reform needs examples more than advocates ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every reform needs examples more than advocates]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I, being dry, sit idly sipping here, my beer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day;  His voice was buried among trees, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12813]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day;  His voice was buried among trees,   Yet to be come at by the breeze:    He did not cease; but cooed--and cooed:     And somewhat pensively he wooed:      He sang of love, with quiet blending,       Slow to begin, and never ending;        Of serious faith, and inward glee;         That was the song,--the song for me!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45187]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28473]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65997]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64333]]></link><description><![CDATA[American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ghosts only exist for those who wish to see them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ghosts only exist for those who wish to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am alwaystempted to ask, "Compared to what?". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22350]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am alwaystempted to ask, "Compared to what?".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65673]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5367]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!  Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!  Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among,   I woo, to hear thy even-song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is silvern, silence is golden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is silvern, silence is golden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come home to men's business and bosoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come home to men's business and bosoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls  Upon the Sovereign One's immortal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17754]]></link><description><![CDATA[The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls  Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head   Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount,    Olympus trembled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66910]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. [Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. [Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49315]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One is never too old to yearn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25796]]></link><description><![CDATA[One is never too old to yearn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the same phone service. So he can always call me for free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33539]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the same phone service. So he can always call me for free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to take any chances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29307]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to take any chances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53274]]></link><description><![CDATA[But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9854]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51825]]></link><description><![CDATA[She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whom do you bind your hair, plain in your neatness? [Lat., Cui flavam religas comam  Simplex munditiis?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18592]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whom do you bind your hair, plain in your neatness? [Lat., Cui flavam religas comam  Simplex munditiis?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By hooke or crooke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48548]]></link><description><![CDATA[By hooke or crooke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16746]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14511</guid></item></channel></rss>