<?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[Men never do evil so fully and so happily as when they do it for conscience's sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men never do evil so fully and so happily as when they do it for conscience's sake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will eliminate the need for the tent and free up more space in the hog and sheep barns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34128]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will eliminate the need for the tent and free up more space in the hog and sheep barns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11847]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy;  But optics sharp it needs I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56260]]></link><description><![CDATA[For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy;  But optics sharp it needs I ween,   To see what is not to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Tharsus, o'er which I have the government, A city on whom Plenty held full hand,  For Riches strewed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11843]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Tharsus, o'er which I have the government, A city on whom Plenty held full hand,  For Riches strewed herself even in her streets;   Whose towers bore heads so high they kissed the clouds,    And strangers ne'er beheld but wond'red at;     Whose men and dames so jetted and adorned,      Like one another's glass to trim them by;       Their tables were stored full, to glad the sight,        And not so much to feed on as delight;         All poverty was scorned, and pride so great          The name of help grew odious to repeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16363]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love the giver more than the gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love the giver more than the gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed; you're a zombie, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed; you're a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dedication involves making the space to let young ideas take hold; every tree was once a seed and every company ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dedication involves making the space to let young ideas take hold; every tree was once a seed and every company was once an idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . . in important things, diversity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . . in important things, diversity. . . in all things, generosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gave His body to that pleasant country's earth, And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gave His body to that pleasant country's earth, And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he had fought so long. -King Richard II. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica. We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33166]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica. We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding up the windows and collecting food and water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25293]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55094]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad moment in history and enact serious lobbying reform. We owed it to the people who sent us to Washington to root out corruption, and the Senate turned its back on a golden opportunity today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18175]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectuals are too sentimental for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will... Once I would make much ado, if I saw not the world carved and set in order to my liking; now I am silent, when I see God... is fattening and feeding the children of perdition. I pray God, I may never find my will again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We become innocent when we are unfortunate. [Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20954]]></link><description><![CDATA[We become innocent when we are unfortunate. [Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49870]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd been playing a lot lately and there was nothing on the line. It was kind of a practice round ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30430]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd been playing a lot lately and there was nothing on the line. It was kind of a practice round and the kids had more of a free-swinging attitude. Some guys ballooned up a little and some played well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love another person is to see the face of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2166]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love another person is to see the face of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore, For by his side a pouch he wore,  Replete with strange hermetic powder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore, For by his side a pouch he wore,  Replete with strange hermetic powder   That wounds nine miles point-blank would solder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66178]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53321]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jean Harlow [Hollywood's sexy actress] kept calling Margot Asquith by her first name, or kept trying to: she pronounced it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jean Harlow [Hollywood's sexy actress] kept calling Margot Asquith by her first name, or kept trying to: she pronounced it Margot. Finally Margot set her right. `No, no, Jean. The t is silent as in Harlow.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would even go out on a limb and say Minister Farrakhan has been cured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would even go out on a limb and say Minister Farrakhan has been cured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;  She, while apostles shrank, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;  She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave,   Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besides, they always smell of bread and butter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Besides, they always smell of bread and butter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eleanor Roosevelt, during the years that she was first lady had a home at Washington Square park in New York ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eleanor Roosevelt, during the years that she was first lady had a home at Washington Square park in New York City.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the very ice of chastity is in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5797]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the very ice of chastity is in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, from every abstract form, from all that is of the brain only.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3215</guid></item></channel></rss>