<?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[When Shakespeare is charges with debts to his authors, Landor replies, "Yet he was more original than his originals. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46638]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Shakespeare is charges with debts to his authors, Landor replies, "Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life."   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, But God will bring him where the Blessed are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59467]]></link><description><![CDATA[You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is such a pretty type of clothing. I can imagine people liking it and it's very wearable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32080]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is such a pretty type of clothing. I can imagine people liking it and it's very wearable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice delayed is justice denied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice delayed is justice denied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that a soldier so glorious, ever victorious in fight, Passed from a daylight of honor into the terrible night; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59642]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that a soldier so glorious, ever victorious in fight, Passed from a daylight of honor into the terrible night;  Fell as the mighty archangel, ere the earth glowed in space, fell--   Fell from the patriot's heaven down to the loyalist's hell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On every full moon, rituals such as the one described above take placeon hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61846]]></link><description><![CDATA[On every full moon, rituals such as the one described above take placeon hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers,teachers, nurses, computer programmers, artists,lawyers, poets, plumbers,and auto mechanics - women and men from many backgrounds cometogether to celebrate the mysteries of the Triple Goddess of the Danceof Life. The religion they practise is called Witchcraft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays, And confident to-morrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51861]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays, And confident to-morrows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16877]]></link><description><![CDATA[For friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the way, The works of women are symbolical.  We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull out sight,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62077]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the way, The works of women are symbolical.  We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull out sight,   Producing what? A pair of slippers, sir,    To put on when you're weary--or a stool     To tumble over and vex you . . . curse that stool!      Or else at best, a cushion where you lean       And sleep, and dream of something we are not,        But would be for your sake. Alas, alas!         This hurts most, this . . . that, after all, we are paid          The worth of our work, perhaps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56593]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm having the time of my life figuring out this next move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9921]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm having the time of my life figuring out this next move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25219]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on prayer   We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on prayer   We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism... To your knees, man! and to your Bible! Decide at once! Don't hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God, quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time; If ever you have look'd on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66428]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously I?m disappointed. But you don?t always get everything that you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously I?m disappointed. But you don?t always get everything that you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money just draws flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money just draws flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About one in 10 have symptoms that meet criteria for a disorder plus also have some significant impairment to leading ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28460]]></link><description><![CDATA[About one in 10 have symptoms that meet criteria for a disorder plus also have some significant impairment to leading a normal life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy! Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;  Dreams cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy! Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;  Dreams cannot picture a world so fair--   Sorrow and death may not enter there;    Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,     For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,      It is there, it is there, my child!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the yeere is, your pot must seeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49136]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning "ability to," and bics, meaning "withstand tremendous boredom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning "ability to," and bics, meaning "withstand tremendous boredom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base wealth preferring to eternal praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43002]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats and dogs! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28106]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats and dogs!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50918]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is somewhat volatile now, so we're passive about getting new stock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is somewhat volatile now, so we're passive about getting new stock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/125]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why we're doing what we're doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35293]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why we're doing what we're doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that lives to forever, never fears dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11220]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that lives to forever, never fears dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Joey O'Neill will have a good game. I think all those kids are focused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37683]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Joey O'Neill will have a good game. I think all those kids are focused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much of human life is lost in waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61076]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much of human life is lost in waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285 Beginning a short series on prayer:   Have you noticed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285 Beginning a short series on prayer:   Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late -- and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work. To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in Scripture is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble. Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what you're supposed to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there my little doves did sit With feathers softly brown  And glittering eyes that showed their right  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12801]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there my little doves did sit With feathers softly brown  And glittering eyes that showed their right   To general Nature's deep delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I would have backed up a foot, I'd have been out of her way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I would have backed up a foot, I'd have been out of her way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32335</guid></item></channel></rss>