<?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[Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may be thought to be accommodated,—which is an excellent thing. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A watched clock never tells the time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8884]]></link><description><![CDATA[A watched clock never tells the time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3773]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall;  Equal on Sunday in the pew, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16679]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall;  Equal on Sunday in the pew,   On Monday in the mall.    For what avail the plough or sail,     Or land, or life, if freedom fail?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm glad to be out here. We signed for what, 90 minutes. I'd stay as long as needed to help ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm glad to be out here. We signed for what, 90 minutes. I'd stay as long as needed to help out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58142]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I live to grow old, as I find I go down, Let this be my fate in a country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61788]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I live to grow old, as I find I go down, Let this be my fate in a country town;  May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate,   And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate.    May I govern my passions with an absolute sway,     Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away,      Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.   - Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From where the sun now stands I will fight no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43746]]></link><description><![CDATA[From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, we're letting our fan club pick a third of our set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, we're letting our fan club pick a third of our set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754   There are... few stronger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754   There are... few stronger indications of ignorance of the power and evil of sin than the confident assertion of our ability to resist and subdue it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65107]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your mind off your goals. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your mind off your goals. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14411]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The facts of life are very stubborn things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32014]]></link><description><![CDATA[The facts of life are very stubborn things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker. [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56218]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker. [Fr., Quand nous veoyons un homme mal chausse, nous disons que ce n'est pas merveille, s'il est chausstier.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife,  When friendship, love, and peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61874]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife,  When friendship, love, and peace combine   To stamp the marriage-bond divine?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together  With a stein on the table and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19861]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together  With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46044]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had their lean books with the fat of others' works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46632]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25023]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12527]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grave's the market place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18198]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grave's the market place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34973]]></link><description><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing I fear most is fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing I fear most is fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time or tide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time or tide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15613]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My home is in Heaven. I\'m just traveling through this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66681]]></link><description><![CDATA[My home is in Heaven. I\'m just traveling through this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare not hope to please a Cinna's ear. Or sing what Varus might vouchsafe to hear;  Harsh are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare not hope to please a Cinna's ear. Or sing what Varus might vouchsafe to hear;  Harsh are the sweetest lays that I can bring,   So screams a goose where swans melodious sing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49071]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no other but a woman's reason: I think him so, because I think him so. -The Two Gentleman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55329]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no other but a woman's reason: I think him so, because I think him so. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18514]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very surprising turn of events. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33706]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very surprising turn of events.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11638]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cellar Roots has great potential. We want to continue publishing EMU students' writing and artwork. It is important as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cellar Roots has great potential. We want to continue publishing EMU students' writing and artwork. It is important as a resume builder as well as a source for gaining writing and publishing experience. It is an important part of our mission to continue doing this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,   Rising and cawing at the gun's report,    Sever themselves and madly sweep the sky;     So at his sight away his fellows fly,      And at our stamp here o'er and o'er one falls;       He murder cries and help from Athens calls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17200</guid></item></channel></rss>