<?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[The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's no motion That tends to vice in man, but I affirm  It is the woman's part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51242]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's no motion That tends to vice in man, but I affirm  It is the woman's part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is heavily endorsed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is heavily endorsed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1885]]></link><description><![CDATA[How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oaks with solemnity shook their heads; The twigs of the birch-trees, in token  Of warning, nodded,--and I exclaim'd: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oaks with solemnity shook their heads; The twigs of the birch-trees, in token  Of warning, nodded,--and I exclaim'd:   "Dear Monarch, forgive what I've spoken!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Almighty hates a quitter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10368]]></link><description><![CDATA[God Almighty hates a quitter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26491]]></link><description><![CDATA[You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teach me to feel another's woe,  To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teach me to feel another's woe,  To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  That mercy show to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65062]]></link><description><![CDATA[To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode  (There they alike in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5699]]></link><description><![CDATA[No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode  (There they alike in trembling hope repose),   The bosom of his Father and his God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's more likely to be brought in by the illegal movement of birds and bird products. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41839]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's more likely to be brought in by the illegal movement of birds and bird products.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they'd pass the information on and they'd have it cleaned up. I guess when I called the police, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39051]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they'd pass the information on and they'd have it cleaned up. I guess when I called the police, they passed it on to the highway department.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas gift suggestions:To your enemy, forgiveness.To an opponent, tolerance.To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas gift suggestions:To your enemy, forgiveness.To an opponent, tolerance.To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384   The gist of what Wycliffe has to say on every point is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384   The gist of what Wycliffe has to say on every point is practically this, that where the Church and the Bible do not agree, we must prefer the Bible; that where authority and conscience appear to be rival guides, we shall be much safer in following conscience; and that where the letter and the spirit seem to be in conflict, the spirit is above the letter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burgerShe was sued by Amarillo cattle ranchers for saying: I'm stopped. I'll never eat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18957]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burgerShe was sued by Amarillo cattle ranchers for saying: I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger and she won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51473]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61978]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast,  When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes,   And a man with his back to the East.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They may migrate in a direction, either up or down, depending on which bank becomes the lead on the consumer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35533]]></link><description><![CDATA[They may migrate in a direction, either up or down, depending on which bank becomes the lead on the consumer side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56055]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47312]]></link><description><![CDATA[While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of this matter is concerned; it was so botched up, I made so many bad judgments. The worst ones, mistakes of the heart, rather than the head. But let me say, a man in that top job - he's got to have a heart, but his head must always rule his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman;  Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman;  Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang   To step aside is human.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear. But, let us never fear to negotiate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear. But, let us never fear to negotiate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44148]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all know there is blood in meat(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/200]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all know there is blood in meat(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8027]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19702]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51024]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death,  Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death,  Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood   With swarthy webs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47475]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man makes his own shipwreck. [Lat., Naufragium sibi quisque facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man makes his own shipwreck. [Lat., Naufragium sibi quisque facit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let others tell of storms and showers, I'll only mark your sunny hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let others tell of storms and showers, I'll only mark your sunny hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43871]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The administration's agenda just doesn't resonate in Illinois. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The administration's agenda just doesn't resonate in Illinois.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3185]]></link><description><![CDATA[The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's uses.   - Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3185</guid></item></channel></rss>