<?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[Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask--Thou smilest and art still,  Out-topping knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask--Thou smilest and art still,  Out-topping knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18847]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into it. If they get you into it, you're in trouble. They play a bumping and pushing style, and if it's not called, your kids try to do it, too. It worked (for them) tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your word is a s good as the Bank, Sir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your word is a s good as the Bank, Sir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48064]]></link><description><![CDATA[No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who fears noises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being a fulltime mother is one of the highest salaried jobs since the payment is pure Love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a fulltime mother is one of the highest salaried jobs since the payment is pure Love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,  A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,  A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time the words "contrition" or "humility" drop from the lips of a prophet or psalmist, Christianity appears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time the words "contrition" or "humility" drop from the lips of a prophet or psalmist, Christianity appears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; itis the spirit behind your actions and words ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; itis the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your innerstate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26091]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrong life cannot be lived rightly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22828]]></link><description><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier!   Forever sep'rate, yet forever near!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoners make the best cryptologists, I know because i've written some kickass shit and the next day there was no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stoners make the best cryptologists, I know because i've written some kickass shit and the next day there was no way could I figure out what the hell I did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were beat up and pretty tired. They contributed that first night, but not like they have for the past ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33970]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were beat up and pretty tired. They contributed that first night, but not like they have for the past month and a half. It took them a while to get used to a ball they could dribble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43834]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's field of activities demands an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's field of activities demands an audience. No one wants flowers to blush unseen or waste their sweetness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are words the heart can't express ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are words the heart can't express]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/293]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6152]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is part of how we play. We play in streaks and their goalie did a real good job in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30565]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is part of how we play. We play in streaks and their goalie did a real good job in the second quarter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best. [Ger., So eine Arbeit wird eigentlich nie fertig; man muss sie fur fertig erklaren, wenn man nach Zeit und Umstand das Moglichste getan hat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind and of a good tone of breeding. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest ;man and to the gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats and dogs! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28106]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats and dogs!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know what you can get away with until you try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21651]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know what you can get away with until you try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's an interesting character, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39842]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's an interesting character,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13415]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22232]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams -- even if it takes a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not their capacity for meditation, but their capacity for suffering and love. For there is a hard and costly element, a deep seriousness, a crucial choice, in all genuine religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction. -- Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction. -- Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is a state of openness or trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is a state of openness or trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739  Other sins find their vent in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739  Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold Will tempt unto a close exploit of death? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes we know the answers to our questions yet we still ask. Why? Its because the answers we know are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes we know the answers to our questions yet we still ask. Why? Its because the answers we know are the answers we cannot bear to admit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shee spins well that breedes her children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shee spins well that breedes her children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no remedy for time misspent; No healing for the waste of idleness,  Whose very languor is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20351]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no remedy for time misspent; No healing for the waste of idleness,  Whose very languor is a punishment   Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With books and money placed, for show Like nest eggs, to make clients lay,  And for his false opinion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44935]]></link><description><![CDATA[With books and money placed, for show Like nest eggs, to make clients lay,  And for his false opinion pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44935</guid></item></channel></rss>