<?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[Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting histhumb on the scales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting histhumb on the scales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46201]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity; for what has posterity done for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity; for what has posterity done for us?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8233]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41525]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is so little to be so large! Why, a train of cars, or a whale-back barge  Couldn't carry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3631]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is so little to be so large! Why, a train of cars, or a whale-back barge  Couldn't carry the freight   Of the monstrous weight    Of all of his qualities, good and great.     And tho' one view is as good as another      Don't take my word for it. Ask his mother!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. -The Comedy of Errors. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. -The Comedy of Errors. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to be a winner, hang around with winners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1164]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to be a winner, hang around with winners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the town of New Haven, The home of the truth and the light,  Where God speaks to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the town of New Haven, The home of the truth and the light,  Where God speaks to Jones,   In the very same tones,    That he uses with Hadley and Dwight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word; And in its hollow tones are heard  The thanks of millions yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word; And in its hollow tones are heard  The thanks of millions yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athens--these seven cities contend as to being the birthplace of the illustrious Homer. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athens--these seven cities contend as to being the birthplace of the illustrious Homer. [Lat., Smyrna, Rhodos, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athenae,  Hae septem certant de stirpe insignis Homeri.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3234]]></link><description><![CDATA[What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll not budge an inch. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll not budge an inch. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41527]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17050]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw hasty conclusions to our own advantage. If we were stronger, we might be less tenderly treated. If we were braver, we might be sent, with far less help, to defend far more desperate posts in the great battle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If e'er she knew an evil thought She spoke no evil word:  Peace to the gentle! She hath sought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If e'er she knew an evil thought She spoke no evil word:  Peace to the gentle! She hath sought   The bosom of her Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind's frigidity: frozen steel, dark rage, morbidity. Cold fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17008]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind's frigidity: frozen steel, dark rage, morbidity. Cold fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price never stood in the way of her inclination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50504]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price never stood in the way of her inclination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/870]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last, And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand,  Have written ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18348]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last, And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand,  Have written strange defeatures in my face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time  Th' harmony of their tongues ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time  Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage   Brought my too diligent ear; for several virtues    Have I liked several women; never any     With so full soul but some defect in her      Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed,       And put it to the foil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I might a rose-bud grow And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.  To place me on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I might a rose-bud grow And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.  To place me on that breast of snow   Where I should bloom a wintry flower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind, the wandering wind Of the golden summer eyes--  Whence is the thrilling magic   Of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind, the wandering wind Of the golden summer eyes--  Whence is the thrilling magic   Of its tunes amongst the leaves?    Oh, is it from the waters,     Or from the long, tall grass?      Or is it from the hollow rocks       Through which its breathings pass?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possiblylive long enough to make them all yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22235]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possiblylive long enough to make them all yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! that's the nightingale, Telling the self-same tale  Her song told when this ancient earth was young:   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! that's the nightingale, Telling the self-same tale  Her song told when this ancient earth was young:   So echoes answered when her song was sung    In the first wooded vale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember Hallie became the second town in Wisconsin to become a five-person board, and that's something Zeal fought real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31859]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember Hallie became the second town in Wisconsin to become a five-person board, and that's something Zeal fought real hard for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19662]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a dish best served cold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a dish best served cold]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus will prevail. His Church will prevail. Everything else is just passing away. Our current leadership [of the Episcopal Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus will prevail. His Church will prevail. Everything else is just passing away. Our current leadership [of the Episcopal Church USA] will die one day, as will you and I. It is not for us to condemn others, but to witness to them of Him who is in our lives. Even now, the enemy is at work, but Jesus will prevail. I know a God whose mercy knows no limits and whose power has no restraints.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot promise very much.I give you the images I know.Lie still with me and watch.We laugh and we touch.I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot promise very much.I give you the images I know.Lie still with me and watch.We laugh and we touch.I promise you love. Time will not take that away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One party is aggrieved and is seeking redress. I hope he will accept whatever result is obtained from the outcome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28283]]></link><description><![CDATA[One party is aggrieved and is seeking redress. I hope he will accept whatever result is obtained from the outcome of the investigation and he has agreed to that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13004]]></link><description><![CDATA["Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that station o' life."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49553]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64404]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. -King Richard III. Act iii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56008</guid></item></channel></rss>