<?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[I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52535]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3700]]></link><description><![CDATA[More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongthemselves.Ojibway Tribe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45963]]></link><description><![CDATA[No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongthemselves.Ojibway Tribe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women and cats do as they damned well please, and men and dogs had best learn to live with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women and cats do as they damned well please, and men and dogs had best learn to live with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45064]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53326]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21508]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us live for the beauty of our own reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good fathers make good sons ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good fathers make good sons]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm OK. This time of year everyone has some bumps and bruises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33874]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm OK. This time of year everyone has some bumps and bruises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee is rich enough that wants nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave Love mercy, and delight to save. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave Love mercy, and delight to save.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever,  A thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13307]]></link><description><![CDATA[What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever,  A thing that answers, but hath not a thought   As lasting but as senseless as a stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a blessing and love is a gift. Do not let it go easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a blessing and love is a gift. Do not let it go easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is just old age and illness and pain.... I must have peace and this is the only way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is just old age and illness and pain.... I must have peace and this is the only way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can provide any number of medical [or] social work interventions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39427]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can provide any number of medical [or] social work interventions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28482]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way of setting the will free is to deliver it from wilfulness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way of setting the will free is to deliver it from wilfulness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys,  Transported with the view I'm lost,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27334]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys,  Transported with the view I'm lost,   In wonder, love and praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No better than you should be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48514]]></link><description><![CDATA[No better than you should be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confessed faults are half-mended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confessed faults are half-mended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16374]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?" someone asked the chaplain. "No, I look at the Senators and pray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9768]]></link><description><![CDATA["Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?" someone asked the chaplain. "No, I look at the Senators and pray for the country.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47859]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We purposely created Bob out of the ashes of George. I would be insane not to measure things against 'Seinfeld.' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37332]]></link><description><![CDATA[We purposely created Bob out of the ashes of George. I would be insane not to measure things against 'Seinfeld.' I've stolen as much of the 'Seinfeld' crew as I could to give me a hedge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of sly tricks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50810]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of sly tricks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mans discontent is his worst evill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49058]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mans discontent is his worst evill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240  As a man increases in moral strength of character, so his conscience becomes more sensitive; he realizes more keenly the distance that separates him from the ideal, and hence the weight of the feeling of guiltiness oppresses him ever more heavily. Growth in goodness does not, therefore, necessarily imply increased happiness, on the contrary, it may mean greater unhappiness. And his unhappiness increasing in proportion to the elevation of his ethical standards, a man's end is either Buddha or suicide if he knows no God; while if he knows God, it is despair or that conversion which, having sobbed away its tears on the Father's breast, thence derives ever new strength to fight the battle of life, sure of the final victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California will have an unprecedented starting field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31683]]></link><description><![CDATA[California will have an unprecedented starting field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  Though natural men, who have induced secondary and figurative consideration, have found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  Though natural men, who have induced secondary and figurative consideration, have found out this... emblematical use of sleep, that it should be a representation of death, God, who wrought and perfected his work, before Nature began, (for Nature was but his Apprentice, to learn in the first seven days, and now is his foreman, and works next under him) God, I say, intended sleep only for the refreshing of man by bodily rest, and not for a figure of death, for he intended not death itself then. But Man having induced death upon himself, God hath taken Man's Creature, death, into his hand, and mended it, and whereas it hath in itself a fearfull form and aspect, so that Man is afraid of his own Creature, God presents it to him, in a familiar, in an assiduous, in an agreeable and acceptable form, in sleep, that so when he awakes from sleep and says to himself, shall I be no otherwise when I am dead, than I was even now, when I was asleep, he may be ashamed of his waking dreams, and of his Melancholique fancying out a horrid and an affrightful figure of that death which is so like sleep. As then we need sleep to live out our threescore and ten years, so we need death, to live that life which we cannot out-live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow small trying to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2354]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow small trying to be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51539]]></link><description><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19524]]></link><description><![CDATA[No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19524</guid></item></channel></rss>