<?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 should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44972]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this -- that we may have and change our opinions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46513]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest. [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas  Sortitur insignes et imos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest. [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas  Sortitur insignes et imos.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of the social landscape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not in business to be popular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1284]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not in business to be popular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She dominates pretty much everywhere she goes. She's hard to hit. She's probably the best in the district. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34264]]></link><description><![CDATA[She dominates pretty much everywhere she goes. She's hard to hit. She's probably the best in the district.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches. [Lat., Omnis enim res, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61398]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches. [Lat., Omnis enim res,  Virtus, fama, decus, divina, humanaque pulchris   Divitiis parent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One flower makes no garland. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49689]]></link><description><![CDATA[One flower makes no garland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy is better unborn than untaught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58745]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy is better unborn than untaught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One hand washeth another, and both the face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49693]]></link><description><![CDATA[One hand washeth another, and both the face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54899]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13758]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our index reveals that for many, convenience and time saving are priorities and they are willing to bear the cost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our index reveals that for many, convenience and time saving are priorities and they are willing to bear the cost for the luxury of third party home help. From cleaners and gardeners to ironing services we are increasingly searching for convenient services that also save us time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66286]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43420]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux,  Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux,  Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife isn't married to me forever; she's married to me for good. Thatkeeps me on my toes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21547]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife isn't married to me forever; she's married to me for good. Thatkeeps me on my toes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49320]]></link><description><![CDATA[He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very important that they keep us thinking and keep us learning. That's the point of a university. Marquette is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32167]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very important that they keep us thinking and keep us learning. That's the point of a university. Marquette is trying to do that within a Catholic context.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's now a phasing issue. They're doing the parking lot and once they get that out of the way, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38871]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's now a phasing issue. They're doing the parking lot and once they get that out of the way, they will start the foundation and the footing for the new hospital.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the end of his life, by the look of it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29901]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the end of his life, by the look of it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3601]]></link><description><![CDATA[My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' aspirer, once attain'd unto the top, Cuts off those means by which himself got up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' aspirer, once attain'd unto the top, Cuts off those means by which himself got up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the train rolls by the cowsgrazing in the meadows.. and they hear the moosthe frightened criesof their fellowscaptive in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9189]]></link><description><![CDATA[the train rolls by the cowsgrazing in the meadows.. and they hear the moosthe frightened criesof their fellowscaptive in the cars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39713]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, definitely want to put your best foot forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something's got to move. The outcome becomes worse for the state the longer it's put off. This is the city's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something's got to move. The outcome becomes worse for the state the longer it's put off. This is the city's deal. And the governor encourages them to do something sooner than later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66705]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4500]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to get caught up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to get caught up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I've learned is you treat women right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64952]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I've learned is you treat women right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why don't you show us a statesman who can rise up to the emergency, and cave in the emergency's head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why don't you show us a statesman who can rise up to the emergency, and cave in the emergency's head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God -- ah, then things must be critical indeed!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It can be a challenge for (flight crews) who aren't medical professionals. Outwardly, a respiratory infection can look like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39584]]></link><description><![CDATA[It can be a challenge for (flight crews) who aren't medical professionals. Outwardly, a respiratory infection can look like a common cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33133]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["And now, Madam," I addressed her, "we shall try who shall get the breeches." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61931]]></link><description><![CDATA["And now, Madam," I addressed her, "we shall try who shall get the breeches."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The punctual tide draws up the bay, With ripple of wave and hiss of spray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The punctual tide draws up the bay, With ripple of wave and hiss of spray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field  That is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13905]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field  That is forever England. There shall be   In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;    A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,     Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,      A body of England's, breathing English air,       Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13905</guid></item></channel></rss>