<?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["So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren?" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4365]]></link><description><![CDATA["So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren?"  "Hush, dear, hush! Be quiet, dear! quiet as a mouse.   These are weighty secrets, and we must whisper them."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66082]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let reason govern desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let reason govern desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where now I have no one to blush with me, To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where now I have no one to blush with me, To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine,  To mask their brows and hide their infamy;   But I alone, alone must sit and pine,    Seasoning the earth with show'rs of silver brine,     Mingling my talk with tears, my grief with groans,      Poor wasting monuments of lasting moans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to-day, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's really courageous, really has a lot of heart to get out there and do what she did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39615]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's really courageous, really has a lot of heart to get out there and do what she did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16476]]></link><description><![CDATA[God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A referendum ...by High Point residents would certainly be a guiding force, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35310]]></link><description><![CDATA[A referendum ...by High Point residents would certainly be a guiding force,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional balance between those two has become destabilized. Economic reality has taken over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body more than raiment?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not the enrichment of the leaders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16316]]></link><description><![CDATA[True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not the enrichment of the leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a situation of chaos in the military line of command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40297]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a situation of chaos in the military line of command.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could be our new favorite place to play. I hope it's not long till we come back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30536]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could be our new favorite place to play. I hope it's not long till we come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51318]]></link><description><![CDATA[What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously arranged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end, we took the ugly wins and are glad to have survived, ... We still need to improve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29379]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end, we took the ugly wins and are glad to have survived, ... We still need to improve our serving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62445]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!  Ye woodbines, hanging bonnilie   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!  Ye woodbines, hanging bonnilie   In scented bowers!    Ye roses on your thorny tree     The first o' flow'rs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman involved in this crash was obviously very distressed to lose the dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman involved in this crash was obviously very distressed to lose the dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart deserves to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57345]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. [Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. [Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When prayers are done, my Lady is ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50076]]></link><description><![CDATA[When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29509]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have learnt life's lessons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50520]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have learnt life's lessons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consequences of our actions take hold of us quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have "improved". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consequences of our actions take hold of us quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have "improved".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never actually doubted that Jeff is alive and I never doubted that Jill Carroll will be released and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40730]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never actually doubted that Jeff is alive and I never doubted that Jill Carroll will be released and I am celebrating her release. I'm very happy for her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61203]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make fair agreements and stick to them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make fair agreements and stick to them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. - "Time", ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27821]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. - "Time", On Journalists, May 8, 1950.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46277]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17619]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal and off the many obstacles that will arise when you're striving to do your best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11327]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is no matter whether there is any God or no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65579]]></link><description><![CDATA[In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65579</guid></item></channel></rss>