<?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[Ah! my heart is weary waiting, Waiting for the May:  Waiting for the pleasant rambles   Where the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! my heart is weary waiting, Waiting for the May:  Waiting for the pleasant rambles   Where the fragrant hawthorn brambles,    Where the woodbine alternating,     Scent the dewy way;      Ah! my heart is weary, waiting,       Waiting for the May.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are not all quite definite yet because the Kangaroos play on Sunday and they just had their last training ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42092]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are not all quite definite yet because the Kangaroos play on Sunday and they just had their last training session, so we'll wait until we see how our blokes pull up tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9618]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29748]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand For I am drowning in a stormier sea Than Simon on the the lake of Galilee: The wine of life is spilt upon the sand, My heart is as some famine-murdered land Whence all good things have perished utterly, And well I know my soul in Hell must lie If I this night before God's throne must stand. "He sleeps perchance, or rideth to the chase, Like Baal, when his prophets holed that name From morn to noon on Carmel's smitten height." Nay, peace! I shall behold, before the night, The feet of brass, the robe more white than flame, The wounded hands, the weary human face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells!  What a world of happiness their harmony foretells   Through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells!  What a world of happiness their harmony foretells   Through the balmy air of night    How they ring out their delight!     From the molten golden notes,      And all in tune       What a liquid ditty floats        To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats         On the moon!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no problem having money in the bank. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no problem having money in the bank.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the mother of foresight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the mother of foresight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not just a rinky-dink street-fest lineup. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35432]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not just a rinky-dink street-fest lineup.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63536]]></link><description><![CDATA[For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few realize how much injury the dogma that baptism is necessary for salvation, badly expounded, has entailed. As a consequence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few realize how much injury the dogma that baptism is necessary for salvation, badly expounded, has entailed. As a consequence, they are less cautious. For, where the opinion has prevailed that all are lost who have not happened to be baptized with water, our condition is worse than that of God's ancient people -- as if the grace of God were now more restricted than under the Law!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty;  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty;  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean;   And here's to the housewife that's thrifty.    (Chorus:) Let the toast pass,--     Drink to the lass,      I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One by one, my sons were taken from me, ... Saddam took away my sons, he took away half of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36376]]></link><description><![CDATA[One by one, my sons were taken from me, ... Saddam took away my sons, he took away half of my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You were once wild here ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61578]]></link><description><![CDATA[You were once wild here]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resistthem-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resistthem-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flownaturally forward in whatever way they like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58658]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46665]]></link><description><![CDATA[In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14204]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58730]]></link><description><![CDATA[But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the suppressed word is dangerous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the suppressed word is dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return. These are the three phases ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63101]]></link><description><![CDATA[A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return. These are the three phases of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about. Copyright doesn't protect ideas, and copyright doesn't protect facts. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about. Copyright doesn't protect ideas, and copyright doesn't protect facts. . . . A number of people can write novels based on the same idea and still have freedom of expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49829]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent,  Long may thy hardy sons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25953]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent,  Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil   Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16873]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form'd by thy converse, happily steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Form'd by thy converse, happily steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow is the great idealizer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow is the great idealizer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63564]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the middle of church, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33782]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the middle of church,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,  Wears yet a precious jewel in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,  Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;   And this our life, exempt from human haunt,    Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,     Sermons in stones, and good in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13041]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That ought to tell you something about him. In that game, he took it upon himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36047]]></link><description><![CDATA[That ought to tell you something about him. In that game, he took it upon himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9484]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't hit as well, but then again the weather changed a lot from our 3 p.m. game to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40959]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't hit as well, but then again the weather changed a lot from our 3 p.m. game to our 7:30 p.m. game. We still executed well by putting the bunt down and moving runners over. So that's getting better. And our defense played well behind Erica. So hopefully those will carry over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cruelest lies are often told in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26152]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cruelest lies are often told in silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26152</guid></item></channel></rss>