<?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[(Celia:) Here come Monsieur Le Beau. (Rosalind:) With his mouth full of news.  (Celia:) Which he will put on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44467]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Celia:) Here come Monsieur Le Beau. (Rosalind:) With his mouth full of news.  (Celia:) Which he will put on us as pigeons feed their young.   (Rosalind:) Then shall we be news-crammed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's lots of fun. We hope everyone will attend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33317]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's lots of fun. We hope everyone will attend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the infant's waking smile, And sweet the old man's rest--  But middle age by no fond wile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the infant's waking smile, And sweet the old man's rest--  But middle age by no fond wile,   No soothing calm is blest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48630]]></link><description><![CDATA[The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was supposed to be Urban Growth Management fees, but all it did was fuel sprawl, ... It didn't control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28715]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be Urban Growth Management fees, but all it did was fuel sprawl, ... It didn't control anything because it was uncontrolled at City Hall. It was a mess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are not many things in life so beautiful as true friendship, and not many things more uncommon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10928]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are not many things in life so beautiful as true friendship, and not many things more uncommon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64945]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60758]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23054]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!  It wad frae monie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2808]]></link><description><![CDATA[O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!  It wad frae monie a blunder free us.   And foolish notion;    What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,     And ev'n devotion!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor grip,   Let that aye be your border.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen  Of cataracts!" An angel who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44500]]></link><description><![CDATA["Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen  Of cataracts!" An angel who had been   O'er heaven and earth, spoke thus, his bright wings furled,    And knelt to Nature first, on the wild cliff unseen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53887]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foolish ofttimes teach the wise: I strain too much this string of life, belike,  Meaning to make such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foolish ofttimes teach the wise: I strain too much this string of life, belike,  Meaning to make such music as shall save.   Mine eyes are dim now that they see the truth,    My strength is waned now that my need is most;     Would that I had such help as man must have,      For I shall die, whose life was all men's hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assume a virtue if you have it not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assume a virtue if you have it not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can fill a whole hand up with Super Bowl rings, and those haven't been seen around here. He knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38169]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can fill a whole hand up with Super Bowl rings, and those haven't been seen around here. He knows what needs to be done. All he needs is a little time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We liberated a small part of our motherland and we will not give up our weapons before the end of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28620]]></link><description><![CDATA[We liberated a small part of our motherland and we will not give up our weapons before the end of occupation in all the Palestinian territories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48662]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically I'm pleased the towns have decided to participate in the project, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically I'm pleased the towns have decided to participate in the project,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea,   Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches you and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea,   Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches you and me: A little while and we shall be - Please God -- where there is no more sea    Nor barren wilderness. Heaven overarches you and me,   And all earth's gardens and her braves.  Look up with me, until we see  The day break and the shadows flee.  What though to-night wrecks you and me,     If so to-morrow saves?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For old age is not honored for length of time, or measured by number of years;  but understanding is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61752]]></link><description><![CDATA[For old age is not honored for length of time, or measured by number of years;  but understanding is gray hair for anyone,   and a blameless life is ripe old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41085]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have concluded it is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33938]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have concluded it is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I also prepackage cheese and sausage for my homemade pizzas, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I also prepackage cheese and sausage for my homemade pizzas,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2798]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65849]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and down beneath it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and down beneath it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When fire is applied to a stone it cracks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15993]]></link><description><![CDATA[When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Love is strong as death; but nothing else is as strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Love is strong as death; but nothing else is as strong as either; and both, love and death, met in Christ. How strong and powerful upon you, then, should that instruction be, that comes to you from both these, the love and death of Jesus Christ!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has nothing to do with press now; it has become a political affair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29420]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has nothing to do with press now; it has become a political affair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purpose is what gives life a meaning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purpose is what gives life a meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How still the morning of the hallow'd day! Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd  The ploughboy's whistle, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54586]]></link><description><![CDATA[How still the morning of the hallow'd day! Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd  The ploughboy's whistle, and the milkmaid's song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never deprive someone of hope - it may be all they have. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never deprive someone of hope - it may be all they have. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50988]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33325]]></link><description><![CDATA[As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1129]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1129</guid></item></channel></rss>