<?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 spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky,  And spangled heavens, a shining frame,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky,  And spangled heavens, a shining frame,   Their great Original proclaim.    Forever singing, as they shine,     The hand that made us is divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13515]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 Witches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 Witches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60639]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To each man at his birth nature has given some fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50953]]></link><description><![CDATA[To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11819]]></link><description><![CDATA[When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Friday Good Friday in my heart! Fear and affright! My thoughts are the disciples when they fled, My words ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good Friday Good Friday in my heart! Fear and affright! My thoughts are the disciples when they fled, My words the words that priest and soldier said, My deed the spear to desecrate the dead. And day, Thy death therein, is changed to night. Then Easter in my heart sends up the sun. My thoughts are Mary, when she turned to see, My words are Peter, answering, 'Lov'st thou me?' My deeds are all Thine own drawn close to Thee. And night and day, since thou dost rise, are one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Know the road ahead, ask those coming back ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62837]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Know the road ahead, ask those coming back]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life treads on life, and heart on heart; We press too close in church and mart  To keep a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life treads on life, and heart on heart; We press too close in church and mart  To keep a dream or grave apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15129]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A simple "I love you" means more than money... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63074]]></link><description><![CDATA[A simple "I love you" means more than money...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and rained on for nine months before they get a chance to sit in it. Moisture is the largest enemy of construction. Once moisture gets into the material, it starts to shrink and mold even before it goes to production.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when silence has the loudest voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21654]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when silence has the loudest voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is really good news. I compliment our staff, the leadership teams in the schools, the students and parents everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34179]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is really good news. I compliment our staff, the leadership teams in the schools, the students and parents everyone who had a part in that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26065]]></link><description><![CDATA[An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a controversial band, so big that everyone wants to hate us. We get a lot of bad press. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32555]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a controversial band, so big that everyone wants to hate us. We get a lot of bad press. I don't listen to it. We take it with a grain of salt and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35266]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and enjoy them. I've helped the team win with the bat before, but it's nice to do it with the glove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of students that have a blackout for the first time learn from it and stop drinking so much. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31726]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of students that have a blackout for the first time learn from it and stop drinking so much. It is a scary thing to have happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition isn't the enemy, but the ally, of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition isn't the enemy, but the ally, of reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19117]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something has gone wrong with taking this young man out of the Dominican Republic. I'm frustrated, I'm angry, I'm sad. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something has gone wrong with taking this young man out of the Dominican Republic. I'm frustrated, I'm angry, I'm sad. Somehow, I feel partly responsible, you know?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matters and take full heed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matters and take full heed to thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more  impressive than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41534]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more  impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5769]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33063]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43500]]></link><description><![CDATA[After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As pure as a pearl, And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5791]]></link><description><![CDATA[As pure as a pearl, And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66163]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65491]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To which is fixed as an aim or butt    Obedience; for so work the honeybees,     Creatures that by a rule in nature teach      The act of order to a peopled kingdom.       They have a king, and officers of sorts,        Where some like magistrates correct at home,         Others like merchants venture trade abroad,          Others like soldiers armed in their stings           Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds,            Which pillage they with merry march bring home             To the tent-royal of their emperor,              Who, busied in his majesties, surveys               The singing masons building roofs of gold,                The civil citizens kneading up the honey,                 The poor mechanic porters crowding in                  Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate,                   The sad-eyed justice with his surly hum                    Delivering o'er to executors pale                     The lazy yawning drone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rhine! the Rhine! a blessing on the Rhine! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rhine! the Rhine! a blessing on the Rhine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human face divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human face divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The company has grown to appreciate including our board just how important the external and internal reputation of Wal-Mart is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The company has grown to appreciate including our board just how important the external and internal reputation of Wal-Mart is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks:  Small have continual plodders ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks:  Small have continual plodders ever won,   Save base authority from others' books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a whole group of adults on the drug court team that cares about (the juveniles). We impress upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31173]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a whole group of adults on the drug court team that cares about (the juveniles). We impress upon them this group of adults care about them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almes never make poore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almes never make poore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19540</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[The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13525</guid></item></channel></rss>