<?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[The body is sooner drest then the soule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body is sooner drest then the soule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocking on a lazy billow With roaming eyes,  Cushioned on a dreamy pillow,   Thou art now wise. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rocking on a lazy billow With roaming eyes,  Cushioned on a dreamy pillow,   Thou art now wise.    Wake the power within thee slumbering,     Trim the plot that's in thy keeping,      Thou wilt bless the task when reaping       Sweet labour's prize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion in LoveA lion demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage. The Father, unwilling to grant, and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion in LoveA lion demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage. The Father, unwilling to grant, and yet afraid to refuse his request, hit upon this expedient to rid himself of his importunities. He expressed his willingness to accept the Lion as the suitor of his daughter on one condition: that he should allow him to extract his teeth, and cut off his claws, as his daughter was fearfully afraid of both. The Lion cheerfully assented to the proposal. But when the toothless, clawless Lion returned to repeat his request, the Woodman, no longer afraid, set upon him with his club, and drove him away into the forest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will also spend 10 days with the All Whites when they come in for the Malaysian matches. We will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38429]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will also spend 10 days with the All Whites when they come in for the Malaysian matches. We will also look at players in Australia when the state leagues start next month. There are other players in Europe we have targeted. We are also keen to have a look in Asia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our job to make women unhappy with what they have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27013]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our job to make women unhappy with what they have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hearts go out to the families of those little girls. It's a terrible, terrible tragedy. Whether you know the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hearts go out to the families of those little girls. It's a terrible, terrible tragedy. Whether you know the family or not, it affects the whole community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14172]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,    And, in this upshot, purposes mistook     Fall'n on th' inventors' heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why;  Would shake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25961]]></link><description><![CDATA[They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why;  Would shake hands with a king upon his throne,   And think it kindness to his majesty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62306]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66882]]></link><description><![CDATA[For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65105]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms Our mind's ascent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48372]]></link><description><![CDATA["Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms Our mind's ascent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20697]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be firm or mild as the occasion may require. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58950]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59068]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all is said and done, more is said than done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63349]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all is said and done, more is said than done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God comes to the hungry in the form of food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21098]]></link><description><![CDATA[God comes to the hungry in the form of food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17174]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will be in good shape when the school year begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will be in good shape when the school year begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46900]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46900</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[We've negotiated long and hard with both players. We'll see what develops but I'm not sure we have anything to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35899]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've negotiated long and hard with both players. We'll see what develops but I'm not sure we have anything to talk about at this point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is like a skilful Geometrician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17691]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is like a skilful Geometrician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57129]]></link><description><![CDATA["I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and lose arms and legs! It would at least be a change. I cannot bear it longer! Now, I know what it is to have a visit from one's old thoughts, with what they may bring with them! I have had a visit from mine, and you may be sure it is no pleasant thing in the end; I was at last about to jump down from the drawers."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They shot the lights out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34446]]></link><description><![CDATA[They shot the lights out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The free throws in the fourth quarter were big. This wasn't one of our best efforts. I think that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The free throws in the fourth quarter were big. This wasn't one of our best efforts. I think that is a sign of a good team, to not put up your best effort and still be able to win the district title.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When sense runs out, one shall follow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22997]]></link><description><![CDATA[When sense runs out, one shall follow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of Dr. Hudson is a loss to the republick of letters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of Dr. Hudson is a loss to the republick of letters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was never any proper legal team. It was a media hype more than anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28224]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was never any proper legal team. It was a media hype more than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;  Four things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58615]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;  Four things greater than all things are--   Women and Horses and Power and War.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still here. I take my three-mile walk at the mall everyday, and who knows what new treatments could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31344]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still here. I take my three-mile walk at the mall everyday, and who knows what new treatments could come along. I am 68, and I plan to make it to 70.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humble Hearts have humble desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humble Hearts have humble desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8855]]></link><description><![CDATA[All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43087]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or in running water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50802]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or in running water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34272]]></link><description><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest of the hostages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58354]]></link><description><![CDATA[The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I doubt the garrulous archive bequeathed us by the tape recorder will prove as memorable as Henry James's thank-you notes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37093]]></link><description><![CDATA[I doubt the garrulous archive bequeathed us by the tape recorder will prove as memorable as Henry James's thank-you notes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49818]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue--   Emblem of friends and lovers true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should listen first and foremost to our own experience...We should stop looking for saviors... Society has not existed for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52154]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should listen first and foremost to our own experience...We should stop looking for saviors... Society has not existed for thousands of years because it had a succession of saviors. It's existed because it has institutions and processes through which people can realize their own goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52154</guid></item></channel></rss>