<?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[Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,  Making it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,  Making it momentany as a sound,   Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,    Brief as the lightning in the collied night,     That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,      And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'       The jaws of darkness do devour it up:        So quick bright things come to confusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,  For whose sweete ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6140]]></link><description><![CDATA[And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,  For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The AP] informed us last semester their operations were to shut down, ... It caught us by surprise originally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34042]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The AP] informed us last semester their operations were to shut down, ... It caught us by surprise originally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18193]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The players deny the criminal allegations. We continue to monitor the situation and will respond accordingly to further developments as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The players deny the criminal allegations. We continue to monitor the situation and will respond accordingly to further developments as the facts become known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in crime always invites to worse deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who worse than a physician Would this report become? But I consider  By med'cine life may be prolonged, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who worse than a physician Would this report become? But I consider  By med'cine life may be prolonged, yet death   Will seize the doctor too. How ended she?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My lovely living Boy, My hope, my hap, my Love, my life, my joy.   - Guillaume de Salluste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5906]]></link><description><![CDATA[My lovely living Boy, My hope, my hap, my Love, my life, my joy.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2484]]></link><description><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61743]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dinner lubricates business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13255]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dinner lubricates business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bring your own boots, work gloves and dress for cold weather. It is going to get dirty out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bring your own boots, work gloves and dress for cold weather. It is going to get dirty out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28690]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes you can't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28690</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[Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter is a smart player. He can read the play and he doesn't have to run from one corner to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peter is a smart player. He can read the play and he doesn't have to run from one corner to the other. He always seems to be in good position. He's a guy who would rather pass than shoot. He's done exactly what I thought he would.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blushing is the colour of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blushing is the colour of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23116]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, which a cat observing, asked, "Why he would hoard up those round shining things that he could make no use of?" "Why," said the jackdaw, "my master has a whole chestfull, and makes no more use of them that I do."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the scourge Inexorable, and the torturing hour  Calls us to penance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53822]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the scourge Inexorable, and the torturing hour  Calls us to penance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28389]]></link><description><![CDATA["ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear that we couldn't compete with that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52501]]></link><description><![CDATA[All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is great; but silence is greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is great; but silence is greater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is really tough. The building was made of steel and concrete. The steel is just twisted like pretzels; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is really tough. The building was made of steel and concrete. The steel is just twisted like pretzels; the concrete is just basically disintegrated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!  But 'twas not love which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61923]]></link><description><![CDATA[On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!  But 'twas not love which heaved her breast,   Fair child!--it was the bliss within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's about stuff that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think. What they think is up to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41400]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's about stuff that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think. What they think is up to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But it's looking like I'm just opening it up for (quarterback Tim Rattay), ... because I don't think he's going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29471]]></link><description><![CDATA[But it's looking like I'm just opening it up for (quarterback Tim Rattay), ... because I don't think he's going to pass it to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4932]]></link><description><![CDATA[It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. [Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id etiam jure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. [Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id etiam jure fieri putant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395]]></link><description><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16180]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some cursed fraud Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown,  And me with thee hath ruined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some cursed fraud Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown,  And me with thee hath ruined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16636</guid></item></channel></rss>