<?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[Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61075]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1200]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66642]]></link><description><![CDATA[As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more silly than silly laughter. [Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more silly than silly laughter. [Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44980]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a wide-spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It can only help the bottom line of a football club which is a business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41693]]></link><description><![CDATA[It can only help the bottom line of a football club which is a business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully I'll be up here again in a better position in the coming years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully I'll be up here again in a better position in the coming years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To kill a relative of whom you are tired is one thing. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20911]]></link><description><![CDATA[To kill a relative of whom you are tired is one thing. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is a genuine pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In quiet places, reason abounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52799]]></link><description><![CDATA[In quiet places, reason abounds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66844]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not endorsing a site. She would be remiss if she didn't listen to what the Jets have to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32448]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not endorsing a site. She would be remiss if she didn't listen to what the Jets have to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are now looking for those responsible for the destruction of the police office. We will summon five to six ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29538]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are now looking for those responsible for the destruction of the police office. We will summon five to six citizens, plus several police officers, as witnesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate, For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48984]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate, For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest catalyst, if one occurs at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28349]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest catalyst, if one occurs at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through this toilsome world, alas! Once and only once I pass; If a kindness I may show, If a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through this toilsome world, alas! Once and only once I pass; If a kindness I may show, If a good deed I may do To a suffering fellow man, Let me do it while I can. No delay, for it is plain I shall not pass this way again. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45260]]></link><description><![CDATA[To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first, we're learning for ourselves, ... We're looking for things that we'll work on for the classroom. We're piggybacking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39460]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first, we're learning for ourselves, ... We're looking for things that we'll work on for the classroom. We're piggybacking on what other people have already done, and then we will serve as a resource to other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's our savior. He was phenomenal out there. He's been that way for awhile now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37378]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's our savior. He was phenomenal out there. He's been that way for awhile now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3447]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil is being propped up by all the concerns that supplies will be interrupted. As long as the market thinks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oil is being propped up by all the concerns that supplies will be interrupted. As long as the market thinks it's possible, we might see some more increases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48400]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in us a tendency to locate the shaping forces of our existence outside ourselves. Success and failure are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47574]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in us a tendency to locate the shaping forces of our existence outside ourselves. Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things around us. Hence it is that people with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to preserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change. The tendency to look for all causes outside ourselves persists even when it is clear that our state of being is the product of personal qualities such as ability, character, appearance, health and so on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23039]]></link><description><![CDATA[There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill;  For his country he sigh'd, when at twilight repairing.   To wander along by the wind-beaten hill.    But the day star attracted his eyes' sad devotion,     For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean,      Where once in the fire of his youthful emotion       He sang the bold anthem of Erin-go-bragh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NSA is guilty of buying a bill of goods from contractors without checking to see if it is feasible. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42190]]></link><description><![CDATA[NSA is guilty of buying a bill of goods from contractors without checking to see if it is feasible. The contractors are guilty of promising the moon and not delivering. And Congress is guilty for failing to oversee it from beginning to end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13686]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will be an informational meeting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40519]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will be an informational meeting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor grip,   Let that aye be your border.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Return of the Bunny Suicides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Return of the Bunny Suicides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12282]]></link><description><![CDATA[No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60049]]></link><description><![CDATA[People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas' so many happy months will you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8644]]></link><description><![CDATA[As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas' so many happy months will you have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46274]]></link><description><![CDATA[If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739  Other sins find their vent in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739  Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9432]]></link><description><![CDATA[However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson: Nothing is impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45148]]></link><description><![CDATA[No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castles are Forrests of stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Castles are Forrests of stones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49172</guid></item></channel></rss>