<?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[When the amateur writer lets a bad sentence stand in his final draft, though he knows its bad, the sin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17009]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the amateur writer lets a bad sentence stand in his final draft, though he knows its bad, the sin is frigidity: he has not yet learned the importance of his art...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Indian Summer, the dead Summer's soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Indian Summer, the dead Summer's soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That it should come to this, But two months dead, nay, not so much, not two,  So excellent a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43209]]></link><description><![CDATA[That it should come to this, But two months dead, nay, not so much, not two,  So excellent a king, that was to this   Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother    That he might not beteem the winds of heaven     Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth,      Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him       As if increase of appetite had grown        By what it fed on, and yet within a month--         Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name is woman--          A little month, or ere those shoes were old           With which she followed my poor father's body            Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she--             O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason              Would have mourned longer--married with my uncle,               My father's brother, but no more like my father                Than I to Hercules.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14792]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the sun comes up, I have morals again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43142]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the sun comes up, I have morals again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From their folded mates they wander far, Their ways seem harsh and wild:  They follow the beck of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5640]]></link><description><![CDATA[From their folded mates they wander far, Their ways seem harsh and wild:  They follow the beck of a baleful star,   Their paths are dream-beguiled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is to get quality names and go from there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35851]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is to get quality names and go from there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All was false and hollow, though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear  The better reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50648]]></link><description><![CDATA[All was false and hollow, though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear  The better reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I havechosen to be. (from James Allen). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21489]]></link><description><![CDATA[My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I havechosen to be. (from James Allen).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66380]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's 'freeest'country has the highestnumber in prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's 'freeest'country has the highestnumber in prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, within the leafy shade, Those bright blue eggs together laid!  On me the chance-discovered sight   Gleamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, within the leafy shade, Those bright blue eggs together laid!  On me the chance-discovered sight   Gleamed like a vision of delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went very athletic, very casual for a number of years. It's inevitable that we'd move through those cycles and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went very athletic, very casual for a number of years. It's inevitable that we'd move through those cycles and shift to a different direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave. [Lat., Fit in dominatu servitus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56583]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave. [Lat., Fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagusWith tigery stripes, and a face on itRound as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagusWith tigery stripes, and a face on itRound as the moon, to stare up.I want to be looking at them when they comePicking among the dumb minerals, the roots.I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.They will wonder if I was important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emotional effects after Hurricane Katrina had started to dissipate. Then along came Rita. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38957]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emotional effects after Hurricane Katrina had started to dissipate. Then along came Rita.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then gazing up 'mid the dim pillars high, The foliaged marble forest where ye lie,  Hush, ye will say, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then gazing up 'mid the dim pillars high, The foliaged marble forest where ye lie,  Hush, ye will say, it is eternity!   This is the glimmering verge of heaven, and there    The columns of the heavenly palaces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8857]]></link><description><![CDATA[If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had good preparation because of it. It was kind of a wakeup call for a lot of the guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36126]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had good preparation because of it. It was kind of a wakeup call for a lot of the guys that are back and for the coaches and everybody. I feel like we have something to go out and prove -- that we're better than what we did last year, more than anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63750]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13236]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we'd be decent. But we've been better than I thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32829]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we'd be decent. But we've been better than I thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh, if thou art wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh, if thou art wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm; The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm; The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50434]]></link><description><![CDATA[But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't do it on every missing adult. In this situation, we had an adult, albeit a mentally challenged individual, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33716]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't do it on every missing adult. In this situation, we had an adult, albeit a mentally challenged individual, who, in the past, had been known to go elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I seem to give a damn, please tell me. I would hate to be giving the wrong impression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27804]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I seem to give a damn, please tell me. I would hate to be giving the wrong impression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13754]]></link><description><![CDATA[First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60313]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The early heat-up in temperatures and the relatively few number of days with rain have definitely contributed to the early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The early heat-up in temperatures and the relatively few number of days with rain have definitely contributed to the early heat-up in housing sales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A really great talent finds its happiness in execution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58578]]></link><description><![CDATA[A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We who lived in the concentration camps can rememberthe men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away theirlast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22676]]></link><description><![CDATA[We who lived in the concentration camps can rememberthe men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away theirlast piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offersufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:The last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given setof circumstances, to choose one's own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The campaign was successful. Equal conditions were created for all candidates and that gives me hope the election will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The campaign was successful. Equal conditions were created for all candidates and that gives me hope the election will be democratic and transparent,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis neither here nor there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51458]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis neither here nor there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51458</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[I don't know which one of us hates to lose more. I can't stand it when you have to go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33375]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know which one of us hates to lose more. I can't stand it when you have to go over there and shake (the other team's) hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't do this now people will not be able to recover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29099]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't do this now people will not be able to recover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24808]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48867</guid></item></channel></rss>