<?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[African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1693]]></link><description><![CDATA[African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strew on her roses, roses, / And never a spray of yew. / In quiet she reposes: / Ah! would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strew on her roses, roses, / And never a spray of yew. / In quiet she reposes: / Ah! would that I did too!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5337]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rational hind Costard. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rational hind Costard. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something is written for the stage, I think it's wrong to try to make it bigger. Very few things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29929]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something is written for the stage, I think it's wrong to try to make it bigger. Very few things out there make that jump easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15426]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste is the enemy of creativeness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taste is the enemy of creativeness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may go to Carlisle's and to Almanac's too; And I'll give you my Head if you find such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may go to Carlisle's and to Almanac's too; And I'll give you my Head if you find such a Host,  For Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Butter, or Toast;   How he welcomes at once all the World and his Wife,    And how civil to Folks he ne'er saw in his Life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the corporate perspective, open source is a means, not an end, and if you confuse those you're going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34574]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the corporate perspective, open source is a means, not an end, and if you confuse those you're going to have problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though sympathizing with the revolutionaries' analysis of what was wrong with society and in fact being mistaken for a revolutionary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though sympathizing with the revolutionaries' analysis of what was wrong with society and in fact being mistaken for a revolutionary himself by the political authorities of his day, nevertheless Jesus did not advocate a new political regime to be established by force through revolutionary action. He called for the love of our enemies, not their destruction; ... for readiness to suffer instead of using force; for forgiveness instead of hate and revenge. One might even say [that] Jesus was more revolutionary than the revolutionaries, or revolutionary in a very different way. The revolution he had in mind was a radical change of heart on the part of mankind, involving conversion away from selfishness and toward the willing service of God and of people in general.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22511</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[Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49833]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63339]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been a soldier, Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50646]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been a soldier, Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. - Journal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25486]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. - Journal, December, 1900.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism is literature in a hurry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism is literature in a hurry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64619]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air,  And fly well know whither,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air,  And fly well know whither,   And rest I well know where.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8904</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[I hope that this will soon pass not only in the House but also the Senate, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that this will soon pass not only in the House but also the Senate,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seek for one as fair and gay, But find none to remind me,  How blest the hours pass'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25607]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seek for one as fair and gay, But find none to remind me,  How blest the hours pass'd away   With the girl I left behind me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all this is over, all that will really have mattered is how we treated each other. Thanks to Mike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1388]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all this is over, all that will really have mattered is how we treated each other. Thanks to Mike Doherty -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends:  Faithful friends! It lies I know  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11166]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends:  Faithful friends! It lies I know   Pale and white and cold as snow;    And ye say, "Abdallah's dead!"     Weeping at the feet and head.      I can see your falling tears,       I can hear your sighs and prayers;        Yet I smile and whisper this:         I am not the thing you kiss.          Cease your tears and let it lie;           It was mine--it is not I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her cabin'd ample spirit, It fluttered and fail'd for breath;  Tonight it doth inherit   The vasty hall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her cabin'd ample spirit, It fluttered and fail'd for breath;  Tonight it doth inherit   The vasty hall of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Eclecticism is the byword for this year's festival.] The Merchant City has some great venues for comedy, ... We want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28699]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Eclecticism is the byword for this year's festival.] The Merchant City has some great venues for comedy, ... We want to show a bit of everything that happens in Glasgow's comedy community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We introduced some new products this year, and the response has been tremendous. A lot of those ideas came from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35361]]></link><description><![CDATA[We introduced some new products this year, and the response has been tremendous. A lot of those ideas came from products in the south. Our order backlogs have increased quite dramatically. We're currently delivering houses ordered for December.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say miracles are past. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55722]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say miracles are past. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is abscent when the act is justified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched--my eyeballs burn,  I scent no flowery gust;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23564]]></link><description><![CDATA[What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched--my eyeballs burn,  I scent no flowery gust;   But faint the flagging zephyr springs,    With dry Macadam on its wings,     And turns me "dust to dust."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need a break these days. So many people and businesses are still displaced because of Katrina so we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need a break these days. So many people and businesses are still displaced because of Katrina so we didn't really want to push the fund-raising side of the event and wanted to present it more as a way to relieve stress. Walking is good for the heart and a great way to relieve stress, which everyone needs these days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4656]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that blushes is not quite a brute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that blushes is not quite a brute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33868]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11951]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, he made a chimney in my father's house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, he made a chimney in my father's house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify it. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've heard people in support, strongly in support, and I've heard people that say if we go back into special ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've heard people in support, strongly in support, and I've heard people that say if we go back into special session, they're going to be down on the Capitol steps telling us to get out of there!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My tragic view of life... leads me to have little patience with the chronic complaining I hear in modern society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9240]]></link><description><![CDATA[My tragic view of life... leads me to have little patience with the chronic complaining I hear in modern society from people who have so much yet act as if life and society have conspired to oppress them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best biographies leave their readers with a sense of having all but entered into a second life and of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best biographies leave their readers with a sense of having all but entered into a second life and of having come to know another human being in some ways better than he knew himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is never too late to have a happy childhood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5884]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is never too late to have a happy childhood]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22864]]></link><description><![CDATA[In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32663]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51159]]></link><description><![CDATA[He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15820]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order gave each thing view. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Order gave each thing view. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56028</guid></item></channel></rss>