<?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[Find me next a Poppy posy, Type of his harangues so dozy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find me next a Poppy posy, Type of his harangues so dozy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were down 6-0 to a pretty good pitcher (Pat McCoy). But one thing I've learned is with aluminum bats, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40606]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were down 6-0 to a pretty good pitcher (Pat McCoy). But one thing I've learned is with aluminum bats, you're never really out of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17881]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With emptie hands men may no haukes lure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48817]]></link><description><![CDATA[With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These actors have been depicting my father as eating people, ... I was with him for many years, but I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36684]]></link><description><![CDATA[These actors have been depicting my father as eating people, ... I was with him for many years, but I never saw any human flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be, That may both werken wel and hastily.  This wol be done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be, That may both werken wel and hastily.  This wol be done at leisure parfitly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Conservative Party agenda is now renegotiation on the route to withdrawal from Europe, by contrast with a Labour agenda ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Conservative Party agenda is now renegotiation on the route to withdrawal from Europe, by contrast with a Labour agenda for increased trade, prosperity and opportunity across the EU.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55793]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I'm not a crook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I'm not a crook.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shedits blood?How can we pray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27370]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shedits blood?How can we pray to God for mercy if we ourselves have no mercy?Nobel laureate in literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened. - Tao Te Ching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened. - Tao Te Ching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United States. By early adulthood, a large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United States. By early adulthood, a large proportion of Americans smoke, are overweight, and drink alcohol to excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14904]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make the plough go before the horse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45263]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make the plough go before the horse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions--bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48120]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions--bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry and stress affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects heart action. -Charles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry and stress affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects heart action. -Charles W. Mayo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11803]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At length her grace rose and with modest paces Came to the altar, where she kneeled, and saint-like  Cast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54509]]></link><description><![CDATA[At length her grace rose and with modest paces Came to the altar, where she kneeled, and saint-like  Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly;   Then rose again and bowed her to the people;    When by the Archbishop of Canterbury     She had all the royal makings of a queen,      As holy oil, Edward Confessor's crown,       The rod, and bird of peace, and all such emblems        Laid nobly on her; which performed, the choir         With all the choicest music of the kingdom          Together sung 'Te Deum.' So she parted           And with the same full state packed back again            To York Place, where the feast is held.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55563]]></link><description><![CDATA[A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like it when people on the street say "smile" or "cheer up." It's a real cheap line. I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18196]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like it when people on the street say "smile" or "cheer up." It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose noble praise Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose noble praise Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do listen to some of the same music, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30614]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do listen to some of the same music,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're basically looking at a 21st-century fence, not a 19th-century fence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37279]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're basically looking at a 21st-century fence, not a 19th-century fence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13833]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tho' he inherit Not the pride, nor ample pinion,  That the Theban eagle bear,   Sailing with supreme ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tho' he inherit Not the pride, nor ample pinion,  That the Theban eagle bear,   Sailing with supreme dominion    Thro' the azure deep of air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under the sooty flag of Acheron, Harpies and Hydras. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the sooty flag of Acheron, Harpies and Hydras.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10815]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years! I am so weary of toil and of tears,  Toil without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years! I am so weary of toil and of tears,  Toil without recompense--tears all in vain,   Take them and give me my childhood again.    I have grown weary of dust and decay,     Weary of sowing for others to reap;      Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26230]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20507]]></link><description><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41027]]></link><description><![CDATA[The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I\'m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66717]]></link><description><![CDATA[I\'m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they\'re interested in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engine of my car blew up. So there we were by the side of the road, with no way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engine of my car blew up. So there we were by the side of the road, with no way to go any further.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? [It., Qual diverra ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52593]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? [It., Qual diverra quel fiume,  Nel lungo suo cammino,   Se al fonte ancor vicino    E torbido cosi?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is where Ray would have wanted to be. It served us well and now we want it to serve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38050]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is where Ray would have wanted to be. It served us well and now we want it to serve the wonderful students at Morehouse College.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq is an unjust war.(spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice..stated in articles written for NY Times.. printedin USA Today). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iraq is an unjust war.(spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice..stated in articles written for NY Times.. printedin USA Today).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45843</guid></item></channel></rss>