<?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[Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This business will never hold water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5024]]></link><description><![CDATA[This business will never hold water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's in His Heaven-- All's right with the world! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48680]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's in His Heaven-- All's right with the world!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bhutan - having looked at its neighbor, Nepal, which is overpopulated, has ruined its environment and is very unstable politically ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bhutan - having looked at its neighbor, Nepal, which is overpopulated, has ruined its environment and is very unstable politically - knows what it wants: not to become another Nepal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49131]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank You Friend I never came to you, my friend, and went away without some new enrichment of the heart; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank You Friend I never came to you, my friend, and went away without some new enrichment of the heart; More faith and less of doubt, more courage in the days ahead. And often in great need coming to you, I went away comforted indeed. How can I find the shining word, the glowing phrase that tells all that your love has meant to me, all that your friendship spells? There is no word, no phrase for you on whom I so depend. All I can say to you is this, God bless you precious friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They made a lot of spirited plays. We left our men at times in the first half and they made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35473]]></link><description><![CDATA[They made a lot of spirited plays. We left our men at times in the first half and they made shots and then they started earning them, but they deserve a lot of credit for their effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As she hearsthe confessionsof all riversthose on the shorehear the sea..accepting allshe calls no thingheresy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4014]]></link><description><![CDATA[As she hearsthe confessionsof all riversthose on the shorehear the sea..accepting allshe calls no thingheresy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! still awhile the old thought retain, And yet consider it again! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! still awhile the old thought retain, And yet consider it again!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45649]]></link><description><![CDATA[He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cat and the BirdsA cat, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cat and the BirdsA cat, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane and a bag of instruments becoming his profession, went to call on them. He knocked at the door and inquired of the inmates how they all did, saying that if they were ill, he would be happy to prescribe for them and cure them. They replied, We are all very well, and shall continue so, if you will only be good enough to go away, and leave us as we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66335]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only are these fine wines presented in eco-friendly packaging, these smaller formats will give consumers the convenience and versatility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only are these fine wines presented in eco-friendly packaging, these smaller formats will give consumers the convenience and versatility in their wine drinking occasions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come;  And health from either--he in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come;  And health from either--he in time prepares   For sickness, age, and their attendant cares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24164]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To read Wilson... is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37092]]></link><description><![CDATA[To read Wilson... is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile swells a little longer,  That's where the West ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile swells a little longer,  That's where the West begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly not cowed in covering the aftermath of Katrina.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The third floor is a total loss. We're worried about the structural integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The third floor is a total loss. We're worried about the structural integrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effect of intoxication. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effect of intoxication.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few years it should be as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25925]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people, especially officials, don't have the courage to speak up against corruption. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people, especially officials, don't have the courage to speak up against corruption.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock;  Down on the vale of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock;  Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries,   The fated victims shuddering cast their eyes    In wild despair; while yet another stroke     With strong convulsion rends the solid oak:      Ah Heaven!--behold her crashing ribs divide!       She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18184]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3410]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Angry poor people are 'enraged.'  Angry rich people are 'livid.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Angry poor people are 'enraged.'  Angry rich people are 'livid.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't step twice into the same river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14683]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't step twice into the same river.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ; And how with the longest day enjoy!  [Lat., Quam vellem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13936]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ; And how with the longest day enjoy!  [Lat., Quam vellem longas tecum requiescere noctes,   Et tecum longos pervigilare dies.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45932]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fears you present will hate you absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18811]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fears you present will hate you absent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52710]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearts of oak are are ships, Hearts of oak are our men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hearts of oak are are ships, Hearts of oak are our men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems small, ... but Latinos and Hispanics are concentrated in some very important states: California, New York, Florida and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems small, ... but Latinos and Hispanics are concentrated in some very important states: California, New York, Florida and Texas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I invent nothing. I rediscover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I invent nothing. I rediscover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36771]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good folly is worth what you pay for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35530]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good folly is worth what you pay for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have scorched the snake, not killed it. She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice  Remains in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14933]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have scorched the snake, not killed it. She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice  Remains in danger of her former tooth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's finger touched him, and he slept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11405]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's finger touched him, and he slept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55409]]></link><description><![CDATA[One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55409</guid></item></channel></rss>