<?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[Blessed are those that nought expect, For they shall not be disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are those that nought expect, For they shall not be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thence,--a paradox Which comforts while it mocks,--  Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail:   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45488]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thence,--a paradox Which comforts while it mocks,--  Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail:   What I aspired to be,    And was not, comforts me:     A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The careful insect 'midst his works I view, Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew,  With golden treasures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3903]]></link><description><![CDATA[The careful insect 'midst his works I view, Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew,  With golden treasures load his little thighs,   And steer his distant journey through the skies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood,  Some mute inglorious Milton here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood,  Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,   Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They also serve who only stand and wait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45747]]></link><description><![CDATA[They also serve who only stand and wait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are years that ask questions and years that answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52739]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are years that ask questions and years that answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43155]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you know?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money doesn't sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money doesn't sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're driving an extra 10 miles for the same amount of tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're driving an extra 10 miles for the same amount of tax.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21004]]></link><description><![CDATA[.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung.  Where grew the arts of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung.  Where grew the arts of war and peace,--   Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!    Eternal summer gilds them yet,     But all, except their sun, is set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1644]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48672]]></link><description><![CDATA[There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66549]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud;  And sure, the reverent eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17844]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud;  And sure, the reverent eye must see   A purpose in Liquidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is wiser than the wisest critic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52475]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is wiser than the wisest critic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1636]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The words repeat    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's absurd to warme one in his armour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49573]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's absurd to warme one in his armour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27527]]></link><description><![CDATA[I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51128]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15570]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been pretty consistent. He's pitched good every game. That's one thing we've been trying to find consistency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32721]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been pretty consistent. He's pitched good every game. That's one thing we've been trying to find consistency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58996]]></link><description><![CDATA[And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56904]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3534]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19477]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admiration and familiarity are strangers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admiration and familiarity are strangers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men? [Lat., Quid est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21025]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men? [Lat., Quid est dementius quam bilem in homines collectam in res effundere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew all along this team could be at the top and remain at the top, because we definitely have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew all along this team could be at the top and remain at the top, because we definitely have the personnel. If we put our mind to it, play 'D' and do all the right things, play for each other, we shouldn't lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' an'am an Dhia, but there it is-- The dawn on the hills of Ireland.  God's angels lifting the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' an'am an Dhia, but there it is-- The dawn on the hills of Ireland.  God's angels lifting the night's black veil   From the fair sweet face of my sireland!    O Ireland, isn't it grand, you look     Like a bride in her rich adornin',      And with all the pent up love of my heart       I bid you the top of the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46303]]></link><description><![CDATA[No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy France! Unhappy King! [Fr., Malheureuse France! Malheureux roi!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy France! Unhappy King! [Fr., Malheureuse France! Malheureux roi!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I've tried to tell them is that it's an acknowledgement of their hard work, but not to let it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31554]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I've tried to tell them is that it's an acknowledgement of their hard work, but not to let it go to their heads. They still have to go out and work hard every single day in order to maintain it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a very popular company locally. We have our critics, but everyone in the community has benefited from how well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28404]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a very popular company locally. We have our critics, but everyone in the community has benefited from how well we run these ski resorts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1368]]></link><description><![CDATA[I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me take you a button-hole lower. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me take you a button-hole lower. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs  Of coming mischief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs  Of coming mischief is thy great delight,   Good dost thou ne'er foretell nor bring to pass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46751</guid></item></channel></rss>