<?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 attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10112]]></link><description><![CDATA[I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44885]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men fear death, as if unquestionably the greatest evil, and yet no man knows that it may not be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men fear death, as if unquestionably the greatest evil, and yet no man knows that it may not be the greatest good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will continue to receive treatment and will be monitored over the next couple of days and a decision regarding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34718]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will continue to receive treatment and will be monitored over the next couple of days and a decision regarding his availability for Sunday will be made in due course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angel with a trumpet said, "Forever more, forever more,  The reign of violence is o'er!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10789]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angel with a trumpet said, "Forever more, forever more,  The reign of violence is o'er!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are absolutely delighted with the settlement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42407]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are absolutely delighted with the settlement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around, around, Companions all, take your ground,  And name the bell with joy profound!   Concordia is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around, around, Companions all, take your ground,  And name the bell with joy profound!   Concordia is the world we've found    Most meet to express the harmonious sound,     That calls to those in friendship bound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/802]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O thrush, your song is passing sweet, But never a song that you have sung  Is half so sweet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59252]]></link><description><![CDATA[O thrush, your song is passing sweet, But never a song that you have sung  Is half so sweet as thrushes sang   When my dear love and I were young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a very inferior farmer when he first begun . . . and he is now fast rising from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1969]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a very inferior farmer when he first begun . . . and he is now fast rising from affluence to poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.  Und ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20573]]></link><description><![CDATA[An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.  Und wer Vorderste ist, fuhrt die Heerde.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18740]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60933]]></link><description><![CDATA[His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   Old truths must be constantly re-stated if they are not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   Old truths must be constantly re-stated if they are not to be forgotten. To Homer, the dawn was "rosy-fingered"; to Shakespeare, it was "in russet mantle clad"; to Housman, "the ship of sunrise burning". The scientist can explain exactly why the sky looks as it does in the early morning, the physiologist why we perceive as we do. Yet no one suggests that there is no dawn at all, or that its appearance has changed over the centuries, or that any one of these percipients was mad or deceitful. Why should our knowledge of the Creator be less capable of variety and development than our knowledge of any aspect of Creation?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is genius in homespun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is genius in homespun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36567]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in order to address the increasing needs. While final figures on the number of people in need of urgent assistance are still being established, donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn all expurgated books; the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damn all expurgated books; the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They did well. We came out and played today, especially considering what happened last night. The good thing is they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34681]]></link><description><![CDATA[They did well. We came out and played today, especially considering what happened last night. The good thing is they came out and played together. We missed a few shots that we should have made. We had an opportunity to win. Again, (Steamboat) hit a couple of 3s, but we're improving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the days that's in the week, I dearly love but one day,  And that's the day that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the days that's in the week, I dearly love but one day,  And that's the day that comes betwixt   A Saturday and Monday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illustrious predecessors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illustrious predecessors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest  That best becomes the table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest  That best becomes the table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad. [Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad. [Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is very meaningful to me that they are seen by anybody who wants to see them, because that would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41569]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is very meaningful to me that they are seen by anybody who wants to see them, because that would have been the wish of my aunt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth's 3-pointers broke the game open. She's been doing that for the last week or so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth's 3-pointers broke the game open. She's been doing that for the last week or so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22409]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still;  The Christmas bells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still;  The Christmas bells from hill to hill   Answer each other in the mist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8876]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against nature and within nature there is no freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against nature and within nature there is no freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55502]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49580]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian's pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top  Has wounded the thick cloud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian's pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top  Has wounded the thick cloud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice: the smallest current coin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice: the smallest current coin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O rose, who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,  But pale, and hard, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54426]]></link><description><![CDATA[O rose, who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,  But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubblewheat,--   Kept seven years in a drawer, thy titles shame thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends,  Consoler of the lonely,   Bond of the scattered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends,  Consoler of the lonely,   Bond of the scattered family,    Enlarger of the common life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An honest man's the noblest work of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19671]]></link><description><![CDATA[An honest man's the noblest work of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we desire, leads to easy disillusionment with both what we had thought to be God and what we had thought to be prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're a young couple just trying to survive anyway and then a storm comes and strips you of everything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30926]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're a young couple just trying to survive anyway and then a storm comes and strips you of everything, you don't have much choice but to move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every historian discloses a new horizon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every historian discloses a new horizon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45177</guid></item></channel></rss>