<?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[Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year.  . . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year.  . . . .   The Rose still blushes, and the vi'lets blow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49347]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. I love the Beatles and especially John Lennon. My mom and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37043]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. I love the Beatles and especially John Lennon. My mom and dad let me take the day off school to come here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirty is not an age for a woman anymore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thirty is not an age for a woman anymore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46878]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's overtime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no ugly women, only lazy ones ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4044]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no ugly women, only lazy ones]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a story every day in this place. Some of them are comical and some of them are tragic. I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37017]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a story every day in this place. Some of them are comical and some of them are tragic. I've had producers tell me they could do a sitcom about what goes on in this office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recruited him to come here and play football, not to look cute. He's been doing that ever since Day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36937]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recruited him to come here and play football, not to look cute. He's been doing that ever since Day One.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus? [Lat., Stemmata quid faciunt, quid prodest, Pontice, longo,  Sanguine censeri pictosque ostendere vultus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golden Bill! Golden Bill! Lo, the peep of day;  All the air is cool and still,   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golden Bill! Golden Bill! Lo, the peep of day;  All the air is cool and still,   From the elm-tree on the hill,    Chant away:     . . . .      Let thy loud and welcome lay       Pour alway        Few notes but strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/276]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch youburn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch youburn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The industry keeps saying that this is a West Coast phenomenon, ... I don't think we know it's just the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The industry keeps saying that this is a West Coast phenomenon, ... I don't think we know it's just the West Coast. I think this industry has some rocky roads ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13810]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sincerer love than the love of food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27611]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sincerer love than the love of food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore  The tone of languid Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore  The tone of languid Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43805</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[Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of them had done things that really, really stun you when you hear about them. Nothing would ever be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of them had done things that really, really stun you when you hear about them. Nothing would ever be considered a breakthrough unless it first seemed a little ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, as we know Him, is a gift to us from Christ. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7753]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, as we know Him, is a gift to us from Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FOUR FLOWERSThe Sun Arosein Morning Glorywith His GoldenrodWanding Violetto Rose(to C and R Davisof Maryland). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4896]]></link><description><![CDATA[FOUR FLOWERSThe Sun Arosein Morning Glorywith His GoldenrodWanding Violetto Rose(to C and R Davisof Maryland).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward yourgoals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem. . . Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, And in their pleasure takes joy, even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...your mom calls you up every other day to beg you to get a real job so she can hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62468]]></link><description><![CDATA[...your mom calls you up every other day to beg you to get a real job so she can hold her head up at your cousin's upcoming wedding reception -- you're good with technology, have you ever considered becoming a Xerox machine repairperson?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58054]]></link><description><![CDATA[No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65368]]></link><description><![CDATA[I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't beat yourself up over past mistakes. Hold your head high and dry your tears. A new day is here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't beat yourself up over past mistakes. Hold your head high and dry your tears. A new day is here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19431]]></link><description><![CDATA[As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,  May I express thee unblam'd? since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,  May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light   And never but in unapproached light    Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee,     Bright effluence of bright essence increate!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29823]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq took sovereign decisions like declaring war, suppressing a revolt or a civil mutiny,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24584]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, there is something in that voice that reaches The innermost recesses of my spirit! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, there is something in that voice that reaches The innermost recesses of my spirit!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what is more melancholy than the old apple-trees that linger about the spot where once stood a homestead, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2944]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what is more melancholy than the old apple-trees that linger about the spot where once stood a homestead, but where there is now only a ruined chimney rising our of a grassy and weed-grown cellar? They offer their fruit to every wayfarer--apples that are bitter-sweet with the moral of times vicissitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would even go out on a limb and say Minister Farrakhan has been cured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would even go out on a limb and say Minister Farrakhan has been cured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60183]]></link><description><![CDATA[In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54621</guid></item></channel></rss>