<?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[The Lion in LoveA lion demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage. The Father, unwilling to grant, and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion in LoveA lion demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage. The Father, unwilling to grant, and yet afraid to refuse his request, hit upon this expedient to rid himself of his importunities. He expressed his willingness to accept the Lion as the suitor of his daughter on one condition: that he should allow him to extract his teeth, and cut off his claws, as his daughter was fearfully afraid of both. The Lion cheerfully assented to the proposal. But when the toothless, clawless Lion returned to repeat his request, the Woodman, no longer afraid, set upon him with his club, and drove him away into the forest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796  [Dr. Johnson to a Quaker:] Oh, let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796  [Dr. Johnson to a Quaker:] Oh, let us not be found, when our Master calls us, ripping the lace off our waistcoats, but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The covetous are always in want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50337]]></link><description><![CDATA[The covetous are always in want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn:  A sadder and a wiser man, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42799]]></link><description><![CDATA[He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn:  A sadder and a wiser man,   He rose the morrow morn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're back on schedule. We're looking to put out the proposal at about the same time as before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34894]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're back on schedule. We're looking to put out the proposal at about the same time as before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's disc.Wear it, sweet friend. Inscribe no date nor deed.But may thy heart-beat kiss it, night and day,Until the name grow blurred and fade away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65954]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Love-star of the unbeloved March, When cold and shrill,  Forth flows beneath a low, dim-lighted arch   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10976]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Love-star of the unbeloved March, When cold and shrill,  Forth flows beneath a low, dim-lighted arch   The wind that beats sharp crag and barren hill,    And keeps unfilmed the lately torpid rill!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we would not have subdued him when we did, the incident could have been much worse, or even fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41688]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we would not have subdued him when we did, the incident could have been much worse, or even fatal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been an attorney, residing in Ellis County for 10 years. And like most of you my experience goes beyond ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32431]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been an attorney, residing in Ellis County for 10 years. And like most of you my experience goes beyond Ellis County. Unlike my opponent who only had two years of experience when he was first elected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When boasting ends, there dignity begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12283]]></link><description><![CDATA[When boasting ends, there dignity begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have become the really hot projects. Hogs and sheep are not increasing as dramatically as the rabbits and goats, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34127]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have become the really hot projects. Hogs and sheep are not increasing as dramatically as the rabbits and goats, but they are going up too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In high school, we never paid any attention. Everyone was like, 'No.' We pretty much got scolded for that. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34659]]></link><description><![CDATA[In high school, we never paid any attention. Everyone was like, 'No.' We pretty much got scolded for that. It had the player's mother's name, high school, where they used to live when they were 3 years old. Every detail is in there. They put so much time in, and we didn't even look at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever we learn on the track, we put into the cars. Everything is evolutionary. We work hard to have the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever we learn on the track, we put into the cars. Everything is evolutionary. We work hard to have the pieces come together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course--consist of pilferings from other people's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10210]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course--consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more people who know about it, the more help we can get. We can't do this on a small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more people who know about it, the more help we can get. We can't do this on a small piece of land. We need a lot of space and it's going to need a lot of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear always springs from ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear always springs from ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, if they would thank their maker, And seek no further, but they have new creators,  God tailor and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, if they would thank their maker, And seek no further, but they have new creators,  God tailor and god mercer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39543]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which is absolutely banned, or slide towards illegality by its tacit acceptance that torture is sometimes OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/664]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete tooth in his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete tooth in his head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's done enough this time in and will be spelled until the end of January and brought back for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37015]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's done enough this time in and will be spelled until the end of January and brought back for the jumping season next year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23934]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know any other way to lead but by example. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know any other way to lead but by example.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very excited about these stem cells. We're really on the cusp of making some big leaps forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28548]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very excited about these stem cells. We're really on the cusp of making some big leaps forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stern is the visage of necessity. [Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stern is the visage of necessity. [Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Gunn) is definitely one of the Bay Area's best. He does it all -- dribble, shoot and defend. He makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35020]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Gunn) is definitely one of the Bay Area's best. He does it all -- dribble, shoot and defend. He makes shots when we need them most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change or die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change or die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fear that in a pressure situation he can repeat this action (stabbing). We advise people to exercise caution and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34898]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fear that in a pressure situation he can repeat this action (stabbing). We advise people to exercise caution and contact police if they meet this man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Merchant City has some great venues for comedy. We want to show a bit of everything that happens in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Merchant City has some great venues for comedy. We want to show a bit of everything that happens in Glasgow's comedy community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46455]]></link><description><![CDATA[He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People concern themselves with being normal, rather than natural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44628]]></link><description><![CDATA[People concern themselves with being normal, rather than natural.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win, And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win, And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65252]]></link><description><![CDATA[To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65252</guid></item></channel></rss>