<?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[We gave him a pitcher. He gave us the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20814]]></link><description><![CDATA[We gave him a pitcher. He gave us the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make haste; the better foot before. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make haste; the better foot before. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid making irrevocable decisions when tired or hungry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid making irrevocable decisions when tired or hungry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18805]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They just have different customs, and we want to be knowledgeable and accept those customs. One of the worst things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32424]]></link><description><![CDATA[They just have different customs, and we want to be knowledgeable and accept those customs. One of the worst things you can do is be in Japan and demand a fork.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so? She smiled, and said: I know full well, my son, that all you say is true. I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can. No arguments will give courage to the coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4737]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who can't, and those in cemeteries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magic of a face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14855]]></link><description><![CDATA[The magic of a face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16687]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We even incorporated songs which were sung in Israel during World War 2 against Hitler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32425]]></link><description><![CDATA[We even incorporated songs which were sung in Israel during World War 2 against Hitler.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the same intent in terms of a general basis, but when you look at the very top box of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31178]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the same intent in terms of a general basis, but when you look at the very top box of those who are 'very likely' to buy a home, that's where you're seeing the decrease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary requisite for any new tax law is for it to exempt enough voters to win the next election ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58684]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary requisite for any new tax law is for it to exempt enough voters to win the next election]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be the change we wish to see in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be the change we wish to see in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark now, how a plain tale shall put you down. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mark now, how a plain tale shall put you down. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living is a disease from which sleep gives us relief eight hours a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living is a disease from which sleep gives us relief eight hours a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have to do . . . is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12593]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have to do . . . is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you judge, investigate ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52742]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you judge, investigate]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a Lenten series on prayer:  If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a Lenten series on prayer:  If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy;  But optics sharp it needs I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56260]]></link><description><![CDATA[For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy;  But optics sharp it needs I ween,   To see what is not to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever new, that man does not live by bread alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise, I barter for curl upon that mart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5017]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise, I barter for curl upon that mart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--  He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45356]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--  He's here! He's there! he's everywhere!   An me! he's nowhere!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,  Self-mettle tires him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,  Self-mettle tires him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What many men desire--that 'many' may be meant By the fool multitude that choose by show,  Not learning more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26472]]></link><description><![CDATA[What many men desire--that 'many' may be meant By the fool multitude that choose by show,  Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach,   Which pries not to th' interior, but like the martlet    Builds in the weather on the outward wall,     Even in the force and road of casualty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death came with friendly care;The opening bud to heaven conveyed,And bade it blossom there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death came with friendly care;The opening bud to heaven conveyed,And bade it blossom there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two logical places they could come across either the Iraqi or Syrian borders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40146]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two logical places they could come across either the Iraqi or Syrian borders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield itself upon honest and lawful terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42272]]></link><description><![CDATA[He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to a meeting of the minds and it seemed as if it was clear to me that he wanted to do similar things to what I wanted to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.http://www.sathyasai.org. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.http://www.sathyasai.org.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65277]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour. Andrea Ayvazian -Robert Frost (1874-1963).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were afraid that Holocaust survivors would not like the idea of the play, but I think that the Israeli ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were afraid that Holocaust survivors would not like the idea of the play, but I think that the Israeli audience is more mature today than it was 30 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude's a weed of every clime, It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude's a weed of every clime, It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20892</guid></item></channel></rss>