<?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[Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope" is the thing with feathers- that perches in the soul... -Emily Dickenson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope" is the thing with feathers- that perches in the soul... -Emily Dickenson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want, the mistress of invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want, the mistress of invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime,  Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries   Brighten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime,  Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries   Brighten Autumn's sob'rer time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O serpent heart, hid with a flow'ring face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20237]]></link><description><![CDATA[O serpent heart, hid with a flow'ring face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3127]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59074]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9500]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15686]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48100]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't have to tell the kids anything. They knew where they were (in the computer rankings) and they were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41952]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't have to tell the kids anything. They knew where they were (in the computer rankings) and they were excited. These are the types of games these guys grew up seeing our program be in at this point in the season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was clear by then that he was with Rebecca and that they were a proper couple. I so wanted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40511]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was clear by then that he was with Rebecca and that they were a proper couple. I so wanted to turn my back on him but he always managed to win me over. I know now that I am weak-willed and that I should have moved on with my life but what can I say? He had such a strong hold over me, it was hard for me to deny him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5762]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the trail of the serpent is over them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56389]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the trail of the serpent is over them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3757]]></link><description><![CDATA[You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement of modern times. In its relation to the well-being of the men and women of this and ensuing generations, it exceeds in importance the proper solution of various economic problems which are constant themes of legislative discussion and enactment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. -The Taming of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55703]]></link><description><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rather since every man is the son of his own works. [Sp., Quanto mas que cada uno es hijo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rather since every man is the son of his own works. [Sp., Quanto mas que cada uno es hijo de sus obras.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Bench coach) Ron Wotus gives me all the pitches each guy has thrown over the last five days, ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34862]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Bench coach) Ron Wotus gives me all the pitches each guy has thrown over the last five days, ... We have a form attached to the lineup card. ... There have been some times a guy gets up even two or three times and doesn't get in the game. We don't forget about that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately for themselves and for the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately for themselves and for the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23389]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31779]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that sets out to carry a cat by it's tail learns something that will always be useful and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that sets out to carry a cat by it's tail learns something that will always be useful and which will never grow dim or doubtful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would infer from the statement that the Fed is somewhat more sanguine on the economic recovery. Perhaps they believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36835]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would infer from the statement that the Fed is somewhat more sanguine on the economic recovery. Perhaps they believe that $55 oil prices are, at least for the time being, something of the past and that jobs are just improving at a moderate pace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever yet became great by imitation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20578]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever yet became great by imitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't about finding yourself it's about creating yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't about finding yourself it's about creating yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   Almighty God, have mercy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   Almighty God, have mercy on N and N and on all that bear me ill will, and would me harm, and on their faults and mine together; and by such easy, tender, merciful means as Thine infinite wisdom best can divine, vouchsafe to amend and redress; and make us saved souls together in heaven where we may ever live and love together with Thee and Thy blessed saints, O glorious Trinity, for the bitter passion of our sweet saviour Christ, amen.   ... ascribed to Sir Thomas More  July 7, 2002   O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in thee; mercifully accept our prayers; and because, through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   ... Collect for the first Sunday after Trinity, The Book of Common Prayer [1928]  July 8, 2002   Happily for us, the fundamental Christian message concerns not what we ought to do, but what God has done and what God is willing to do. In fellowship with Him and with others who are likewise trying to be like Him, we can be lifted up above our native possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the art of thinking with sounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the art of thinking with sounds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May I now pass on to this Congress advice which I received recently from a fellow Vermonter - Either impeach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36600]]></link><description><![CDATA[May I now pass on to this Congress advice which I received recently from a fellow Vermonter - Either impeach him or get off his back]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things that we stress is never talk to a stranger. We tell them, 'Run away and tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42394]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that we stress is never talk to a stranger. We tell them, 'Run away and tell your teacher, tell your mother, somebody you can trust. Always trust a policeman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His pitch count went a little high because of the first couple of innings. We were hoping he could get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41143]]></link><description><![CDATA[His pitch count went a little high because of the first couple of innings. We were hoping he could get the win, but we don't want to burn him out because that could carry over the next start.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41143</guid></item></channel></rss>