<?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[Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61151]]></link><description><![CDATA['What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned,' he said defiantly, 'if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything, doing nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything, doing nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to see this issue resolved by the end of the month. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to see this issue resolved by the end of the month.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two great things you can give your children: one isroots, the other is wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two great things you can give your children: one isroots, the other is wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as one? [Lat., Vox populi habet aliquid divinum: nam quomo do aliter tot capita in unum conspirare possint?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony. -King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55813]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony. -King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give--which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give--which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23057]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18812]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit the action to the word, the word to the action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pomps and vanity of this wicked world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the worlda portion of its lost heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21838]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the worlda portion of its lost heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41423]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona... I understand what it is to be vulnerable, and I understand what it is to be strong. So anybody who bashes 'sentimental' is missing it. I've seen the toughest guys in the world cry. That macho thing is an old folktale. I'm not afraid of it at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The paper burns, but the words fly away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The paper burns, but the words fly away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect that private men enjoy!  And what have kings that privates have not too, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5445]]></link><description><![CDATA[What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect that private men enjoy!  And what have kings that privates have not too,   Save ceremony, save general ceremony?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungry bellies have no cars. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hungry bellies have no cars. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The covers of this book are too far apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The covers of this book are too far apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a trend that is certainly being noticed around the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34146]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a trend that is certainly being noticed around the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's quite striking to see a system where there are no barriers to access. You really have the feeling that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42126]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's quite striking to see a system where there are no barriers to access. You really have the feeling that the public health authorities want the people in Cuba to be healthy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any training that does not include the emotions, mind and body is incomplete; knowledge fades without feeling. -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any training that does not include the emotions, mind and body is incomplete; knowledge fades without feeling. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54942]]></link><description><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50017]]></link><description><![CDATA[To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Lyons skin is never cheape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49052]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Lyons skin is never cheape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23103]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo;  And now my tongue's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo;  And now my tongue's use is to me no more   Than an unstringed viol or a harp,    Or like a cunning instrument cased up     Or, being open, put into his hands      That knows no touch to tune the harmony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/979]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;  Or out of breath with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;  Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge   Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In times of stress, be bold and valiant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57977]]></link><description><![CDATA[In times of stress, be bold and valiant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the UN or from the AU for anything beyond what it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37057]]></link><description><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the UN or from the AU for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions...as well as providing training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include important decision-making processes, such as the family, but also produce much of the background social capital without which the other major institutions of society could not function nearly as effectively as they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56751]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60743</guid></item></channel></rss>