<?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[No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everythingto his own advantage. Thou must live for another, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21279]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everythingto his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to livefor thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32548]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I know he does that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15815]]></link><description><![CDATA[What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a song. Love is the music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a song. Love is the music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately, there's no serious damage. There's definitely some soreness and stiffness, but other than that, I'm fine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately, there's no serious damage. There's definitely some soreness and stiffness, but other than that, I'm fine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this paper to be punctually served up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23321]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this paper to be punctually served up, and to be looked upon as a part of the tea equipage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a blue print for how to make a national or state fund work after the success of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a blue print for how to make a national or state fund work after the success of the Florida catastrophe fund. Commissioners are calling for special sessions in legislature and are hoping that the process will be more seamless than it was in Florida.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not to say that nuts and bolts contractors are at a disadvantage, ... But if you look at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32408]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not to say that nuts and bolts contractors are at a disadvantage, ... But if you look at long-term trends, there will need to be more refurbishing of a lot of equipment so I've been increasingly looking towards tech-slanted defense contractors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a little problematic for us, because we are not a used to playing together. There were some good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40203]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a little problematic for us, because we are not a used to playing together. There were some good phases, and for me the test was satisfactory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe in one's dreams is to spend all of one's life asleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12904]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe in one's dreams is to spend all of one's life asleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65958]]></link><description><![CDATA[How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16014]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what art thou, thou idol Ceremony? What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more  Of mortal griefs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5443]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what art thou, thou idol Ceremony? What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more  Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't believe in miracles -- depend on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't believe in miracles -- depend on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you must realize is that the kids are always teenagers - but he's an angel, so he's ageless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35104]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you must realize is that the kids are always teenagers - but he's an angel, so he's ageless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow, For thee, that ever felt another's woe! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow, For thee, that ever felt another's woe!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul  Under the ribs of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul  Under the ribs of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no love sincerer than the love of food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16351]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no love sincerer than the love of food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942   Love... makes the whole difference between an execution and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942   Love... makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt, Wind-weary; while with lifting head he waits  For breath to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt, Wind-weary; while with lifting head he waits  For breath to reinspire him from the gates   That open still toward sunrise on the vault    High-domed of morning.   - Algernon Charles Swinburne,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence. No matter what, no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25920]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence. No matter what, no matter where, it's always home, if love is there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still think it's probably recognized as one of the most socially progressive courts in the country. It has instincts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35080]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still think it's probably recognized as one of the most socially progressive courts in the country. It has instincts to protect the poor and the powerless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the man of one book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the man of one book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No love is foule, nor prison fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49652]]></link><description><![CDATA[No love is foule, nor prison fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plant often removed cannot thrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plant often removed cannot thrive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's metal more attractive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's metal more attractive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20847]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've got very, very little time to get out. Most coal miners, they just take and fall down on their face right there because they're gonna end up that way anyhow, and then you're gonna have to go find your hat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60527]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14112]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But many a crime deemed innocent on earth Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt  Have each their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10656]]></link><description><![CDATA[But many a crime deemed innocent on earth Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt  Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A closed mouth catches no flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12458]]></link><description><![CDATA[A closed mouth catches no flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17658]]></link><description><![CDATA[God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17658</guid></item></channel></rss>