<?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[A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act iv. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55995]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act iv. Sc. 8.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart is feminine, nor can forget-- To all, except one image, madly blind;  So shakes the needle, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20853]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart is feminine, nor can forget-- To all, except one image, madly blind;  So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole,   As vibrates my fond heart to my fix'd soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23485]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24259]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19460]]></link><description><![CDATA[For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instruction of the present, the monitor of the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4960]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great house is full of saucy servants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great house is full of saucy servants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57096]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own recipe for world peace is a little bit of land for everyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23982]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own recipe for world peace is a little bit of land for everyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells!  What a world of merriment their melody foretells!   How ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells!  What a world of merriment their melody foretells!   How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,    In the icy air of night,     While the stars that oversprinkle      All the Heavens seem to twinkle       With a crystalline delight:        Keeping time, time, time,         In a sort of Runic rhyme          To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells           From the bells, bells, bells, bells,            Bells, bells, bells--             From the jingling and the tingling of the bells.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? I thought I was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? I thought I was the only one.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do the one who says he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5298]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do the one who says he is Jesus Christ]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a heavy-metal fan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32506]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a heavy-metal fan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really happy that I didn't see Capote until after we wrapped because I probably just would have been daunted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really happy that I didn't see Capote until after we wrapped because I probably just would have been daunted because he was so remarkable in that movie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64122]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-- the mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-- the mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27259</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[Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;  Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;  Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53175]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte happens to be open; because they want to become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9271]]></link><description><![CDATA[People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the praise of friends; because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes; for no reason whatsoever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41256]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad part is, there will be no problem selling out those $1,000 parties. Playboy will be in the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sad part is, there will be no problem selling out those $1,000 parties. Playboy will be in the same venue at $2,000 a pop, and people will spend all kinds of money. But we struggle because we don't have Playboy bunnies. We in the nonprofits are doing everything but selling ourselves at auction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for marriage, men and women would have to fight with total strangers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27243]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for marriage, men and women would have to fight with total strangers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56989]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No creature smarts so little as a fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50941]]></link><description><![CDATA[No creature smarts so little as a fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Continuing a series on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Continuing a series on the church:  The apostle asked the converts of Apollos one question: "Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" and got a plain answer. His modern successors are more inclined to ask either "Did you believe exactly what we teach?" or "Were the hands that were laid on you our hands?", and -- if the answer is satisfactory -- to assure the converts that they have received the Holy Spirit even if they don't know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57932]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63044]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8751]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no containment on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41151]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no containment on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christ]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your emotions affect every cell in your body. Mind and body, mental and physical, are intertwined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your emotions affect every cell in your body. Mind and body, mental and physical, are intertwined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not for the money this time. The one thing we can't live with is class size and composition. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30779]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not for the money this time. The one thing we can't live with is class size and composition. We know that in going out, we're going to harm students, but this time, staying in the class will harm students. Do we go out, or do we stay in the class and watch students being harmed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm pretty hopeful that the public will be favorable to it this time because we have had some comments that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty hopeful that the public will be favorable to it this time because we have had some comments that the lily pads are getting to be too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God loves to help him who strives to help himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19189]]></link><description><![CDATA[God loves to help him who strives to help himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bolt from the blue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bolt from the blue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a little like being in a hit-and-run accident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41630]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a little like being in a hit-and-run accident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The second best times tend to be more difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62826]]></link><description><![CDATA[The second best times tend to be more difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62826</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[There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9586]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9586</guid></item></channel></rss>