<?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[Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19533]]></link><description><![CDATA[We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen not only because I see it, but because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6162]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9860]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52924]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point out that it is not because of my colour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62029]]></link><description><![CDATA[When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not for mortals always to be blest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4310]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not for mortals always to be blest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek,  Thy crimson moon and azure eye,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek,  Thy crimson moon and azure eye,   Cock of the heath, so wildly shy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is actually patronized by the social order as a means of stabilizing and perpetuating the existing system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53680]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is actually patronized by the social order as a means of stabilizing and perpetuating the existing system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dont let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dont let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merchant bar demand continues to draw strength from business investment while the previously booming consumer end-markets lose some luster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merchant bar demand continues to draw strength from business investment while the previously booming consumer end-markets lose some luster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,  And how he keeps  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,  And how he keeps   Gloating upon a sheep's    Or bullock's personals, as if his own;     How he admires his halves      And quarters--and his calves,       As if in truth upon his own legs grown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28298]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61155]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling toimprove themselves; they therefore remain bound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling toimprove themselves; they therefore remain bound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So we're all right, an' I, for one, Don't think our cause'll lose in vally  By rammin' Scriptur' in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54915]]></link><description><![CDATA[So we're all right, an' I, for one, Don't think our cause'll lose in vally  By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun,   An' gittin' Natur' for an ally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O world, how apt the poor are to be proud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48211]]></link><description><![CDATA[O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's actually going to be the hassle of your life and the hassle of your family's life and you may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33678]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's actually going to be the hassle of your life and the hassle of your family's life and you may never get out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.   - Gail Hamilton (pseudonym of Mary Abigail Dodge),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46928]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a faculty of the psyche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chide him for faults, and do it reverently, When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,  But, being moody, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chide him for faults, and do it reverently, When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,  But, being moody, give him time and scope,   Till that his passions, like a whale on ground,    Confound themselves with working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're kind of shooting to have the marquee lit the first week of December. They (Sherwood Co.) will replace the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29939]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're kind of shooting to have the marquee lit the first week of December. They (Sherwood Co.) will replace the neon, repaint the marquee ... and we'll also have the front of the building lit up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idle head is a boxe for the winde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49119]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idle head is a boxe for the winde.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[just a fun thing for me to do with a good friend who has meant a great deal for me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30352]]></link><description><![CDATA[just a fun thing for me to do with a good friend who has meant a great deal for me and my family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4553]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He talks nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51803]]></link><description><![CDATA[He talks nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much more disgraceful to write one thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51162]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a Communist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10059]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17630]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which supply good and beautiful results--the fragrance of celestial flowers--to the daily life of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square, Has made three separate journeys to Paris,  And her father assures me each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square, Has made three separate journeys to Paris,  And her father assures me each time she was there   That she and her friend Mrs. Harris . . .    Spent six consecutive weeks, without shopping     In one continuous round of shopping,-- . . .      And yet, though scarce three months have passed since the day       This merchandise went on twelve carts, up Broadway,        This same Miss McFlimsey of Madison Square         The last time we met was in utter despair          Becasue she had nothing whatever to wear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. [Proverbs 22:15].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition can creep as well as soar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition can creep as well as soar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12276</guid></item></channel></rss>