<?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[You rely on senior hitters to do their job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35543]]></link><description><![CDATA[You rely on senior hitters to do their job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first king was a successful soldier; He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.  [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first king was a successful soldier; He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.  [Fr., Le premier qui fut roi, fut un soldat heureux;   Qui sert bien son pays, n'a pas besoin d'aleux.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we do at such times, I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44630]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we do at such times, I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so that I could concentrate all my powers on surviving the near-mortal wound inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Poet without Love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46850]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Poet without Love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dog in the Manger A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dog in the Manger A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them. What a selfish Dog! said one of them to his companions; he cannot eat the hay himself, and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links  Both Goddesses and Gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links  Both Goddesses and Gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would especially like to thank our Mom and Dad and our family for supporting us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29061]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would especially like to thank our Mom and Dad and our family for supporting us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should banded unions persecute Opinions, and induce a time  When single thought is civil crime,   And individual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should banded unions persecute Opinions, and induce a time  When single thought is civil crime,   And individual freedom mute,    . . . .     Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,      Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945 I thirst, but not as once I did, The vain delights of earth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945 I thirst, but not as once I did, The vain delights of earth to share; Thy wounds, Emmanuel, all forbid That I should seek my pleasures there. It was the sight of Thy dear cross First weaned my soul from earthly things; And taught me to esteem as dross The mirth of fools, and pomp of kings. I want that grace that springs from Thee, That quickens all things where it flows; And makes a wretched thorn like me Bloom as the myrtle or the rose. Dear fountain of delight unknown! No longer sink beneath the brim, But overflow, and pour me down A living and life-giving stream! For sure, if all the plants that share The notice of Thy Father's eye, None proves less grateful to His care, Or yields Him meaner fruit than I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the bottom line -- that no one gets hurt, no one gets injured, or hurts someone else while they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29126]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the bottom line -- that no one gets hurt, no one gets injured, or hurts someone else while they're on the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13201]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrogance diminishes wisdom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arrogance diminishes wisdom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3078]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where now I have no one to blush with me, To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where now I have no one to blush with me, To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine,  To mask their brows and hide their infamy;   But I alone, alone must sit and pine,    Seasoning the earth with show'rs of silver brine,     Mingling my talk with tears, my grief with groans,      Poor wasting monuments of lasting moans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Stephen Sly and old John Naps of Greece, And Peter Turph and Henry Pimpernell, And twenty more such names ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55702]]></link><description><![CDATA[As Stephen Sly and old John Naps of Greece, And Peter Turph and Henry Pimpernell, And twenty more such names and men as these Which never were, nor no man ever saw. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16428]]></link><description><![CDATA[While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want Cellar Roots to be here another 35 years and to still fulfill our basic mission yet adapt to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37809]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want Cellar Roots to be here another 35 years and to still fulfill our basic mission yet adapt to changes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. [Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. [Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9436]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: when you link up to another computer, you're linking up to every computer that that computer has ever linked up to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice for him to finally get rewarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31319]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice for him to finally get rewarded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like Bush because I don't think he understands poverty or the problems of developing countries. Poor countries want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like Bush because I don't think he understands poverty or the problems of developing countries. Poor countries want to have political independence, too -- the freedom to make decisions for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is freedom lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is freedom lived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens; 'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look  Upon that poor and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens; 'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look  Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11406]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a neighbor and trade partner, we are happy to provide assistance to the United States at the time of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30109]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a neighbor and trade partner, we are happy to provide assistance to the United States at the time of the disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22786]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never swap horses crossing a stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never swap horses crossing a stream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country--whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country--whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less;--still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, and to be defended by all our hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845   Life provides all kinds of astonishingly effective anodynes and narcotics, all of which are nothing but misused gifts of God. But there in hell--that is, beyond a fixed boundary set by God--all the securities and safeguards disappear into thin air. What here is only a tiny flame of secret self-reproach that flickers up occasionally and is quickly smothered, there becomes a scorching fire. What here is no more than a slight ticking sound in our conscience suddenly becomes the trumpet tone of judgment which can no longer be ignored. Lazarus is permitted to see what he believed, but the rich man is compelled to see what he did not believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He really cares about South Florida, ... He took charge and took care of business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31040]]></link><description><![CDATA[He really cares about South Florida, ... He took charge and took care of business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65850]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free,--honorable alike in what we give and what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56594]]></link><description><![CDATA[In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free,--honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56042]]></link><description><![CDATA[A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn from history that we do not learn anything from history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28117]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn from history that we do not learn anything from history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54228</guid></item></channel></rss>