<?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[Truth has not such an urgent air. [Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth has not such an urgent air. [Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear;  And, as their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10454]]></link><description><![CDATA[To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear;  And, as their patron hints the cold or heat,   To shake in dog-days, in December sweat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, A living-dead man. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55410]]></link><description><![CDATA[A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, A living-dead man. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53740]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of the people who were at that board meeting, can I see a show of hands of those who heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of the people who were at that board meeting, can I see a show of hands of those who heard her cuss me out?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cautious seldom err. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14154]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cautious seldom err.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "great commitment" is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one--and can all too easily shut our hearts to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "great commitment" is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one--and can all too easily shut our hearts to the latter. A willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice can be associated with, and even produce, a great hardness of heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that there is no reason to doubt but that the blessed spirits above, who continually "behold the face ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7255]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that there is no reason to doubt but that the blessed spirits above, who continually "behold the face of their Father", are still writing after this copy which is here propounded to us, and endeavouring to be "perfect as their Father which is in heaven is perfect", still aspiring after a nearer and more perfect resemblance of God, whose goodness and mercy is far beyond and before that of any creature, that they may be for ever approaching nearer to it and yet never overtake it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885  Give me a stout heart to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885  Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others. Give me a believing heart to cast all burdens upon Thee, O Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive;  His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow,   That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw:    Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand,     That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand,      Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut.       And if at first he fail, his second summersaut        He instantly assays and from his nimble ring,         Still yarking never leaves, until himself he fling          Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till glowworms light owl-watchmen's flight Through our green metropolis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till glowworms light owl-watchmen's flight Through our green metropolis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30782]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know how to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20132]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know how to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So we've been preparing for this and all we're ready to do is do more of what we've been doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39292]]></link><description><![CDATA[So we've been preparing for this and all we're ready to do is do more of what we've been doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   The man who has never had religion before, no more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   The man who has never had religion before, no more grows religious when he is sick, than a man who has never learned figures can count when he has need of calculation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Autumn wood the aster knows, The empty nest, the wind that grieves,  The sunlight breaking thro' the shade, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Autumn wood the aster knows, The empty nest, the wind that grieves,  The sunlight breaking thro' the shade,   The squirrel chattering overhead,    The timid rabbits lighter tread     Among the rustling leaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56482]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for in most cases, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50015]]></link><description><![CDATA[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great deal of laziness of mind is called liberty of opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great deal of laziness of mind is called liberty of opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a pretty significant day for us. It is a day of abstinence when we fast, pray and smear ourselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32459]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a pretty significant day for us. It is a day of abstinence when we fast, pray and smear ourselves with burnt ash to remind us of our sinfulness, forgiveness and mortality. It sets the tone for the penitential season leading up to Easter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what so tedious as a twice-told tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57921]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2332]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... And what about Zombies? You never hear from Zombies! That's the trouble with Zombies, they're unreliable! I say if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62680]]></link><description><![CDATA[... And what about Zombies? You never hear from Zombies! That's the trouble with Zombies, they're unreliable! I say if you're going to go for the Angel bullshit you might as well go for the Zombie package as well..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't hit as well, but then again the weather changed a lot from our 3 p.m. game to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40959]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't hit as well, but then again the weather changed a lot from our 3 p.m. game to our 7:30 p.m. game. We still executed well by putting the bunt down and moving runners over. So that's getting better. And our defense played well behind Erica. So hopefully those will carry over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was lucky I met her. But if not, I knew I had to marry somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29094]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was lucky I met her. But if not, I knew I had to marry somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I think about Zeal, he was the most honest and fair man I had ever known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31857]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I think about Zeal, he was the most honest and fair man I had ever known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment follows close on the heels of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is aware of how to kill the birds. This is the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is aware of how to kill the birds. This is the first time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63389]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[After the hearing, Adams spoke to reporters.] This is a time of grief and mourning for the courthouse community, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31522]]></link><description><![CDATA[[After the hearing, Adams spoke to reporters.] This is a time of grief and mourning for the courthouse community, ... We're going to respect that. There will be plenty of time for us later to lay out our legal arguments and examine the evidence and search for answers in this case.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28105]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15012]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bravest battle that ever was fought; Shall I tell you where and when?  On the maps of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bravest battle that ever was fought; Shall I tell you where and when?  On the maps of the world you will find it not;   It was fought by the mothers of men.   - Joaquin Miller (pseudonym of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's mock the midnight bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go;  The horse knows the way   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go;  The horse knows the way   To carry the sleigh,    Through the white and drifted snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky. [Lat., Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1957]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky. [Lat., Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20077]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, 'Hey, can you give me a hand?' you can say, 'Sorry, got these sacks.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is anact of choice and therefore sacred, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21975]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is anact of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance livedconsciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in thecreation of a better world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17466]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13334]]></link><description><![CDATA[A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19631]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For that can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47944]]></link><description><![CDATA[For that can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47944</guid></item></channel></rss>