<?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[It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen. [Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45267]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen. [Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26361]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a fine line between dreams and reality, it's up to you to draw it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12886]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a fine line between dreams and reality, it's up to you to draw it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19412]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had to take one bus trip for eight hours. It was a nice bus, leather seats and all that. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28777]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had to take one bus trip for eight hours. It was a nice bus, leather seats and all that. But eight hours on a bus? That's crazy man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A married man turns his staffe into a stake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A married man turns his staffe into a stake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who borrows sells his freedom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4738]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who borrows sells his freedom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was love. I didn't think he should've gotten arrested for that. If was her dying wish, you got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37295]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was love. I didn't think he should've gotten arrested for that. If was her dying wish, you got to do what you gotta do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,   Their giant branches toss'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4719]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33893]]></link><description><![CDATA[All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Friday Good Friday in my heart! Fear and affright! My thoughts are the disciples when they fled, My words ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good Friday Good Friday in my heart! Fear and affright! My thoughts are the disciples when they fled, My words the words that priest and soldier said, My deed the spear to desecrate the dead. And day, Thy death therein, is changed to night. Then Easter in my heart sends up the sun. My thoughts are Mary, when she turned to see, My words are Peter, answering, 'Lov'st thou me?' My deeds are all Thine own drawn close to Thee. And night and day, since thou dost rise, are one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[--To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,  Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59129]]></link><description><![CDATA[--To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,  Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all   Not yours. Given, uninherited, unpaid for;    This is to be a trickster; and to filch     Men's art and labour, which to them is wealth,      Life, daily bread;--quitting all scores with "friend,       You're troublesome!" Why this, forgive me,        Is what, when done with a less dainty grace,         Plain folks call "Theft."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20199]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shamrock came along at a great time for the Miami Dolphins. I was looking for another option for our players ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shamrock came along at a great time for the Miami Dolphins. I was looking for another option for our players that was nicer than your typical extended stay, but not as expensive as a corporate apartment. Shamrock proved to be the best of both worlds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arguments with furniture are rarely productive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arguments with furniture are rarely productive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12102]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41073]]></link><description><![CDATA[A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a one-way street, and we are not coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a one-way street, and we are not coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. -Helen Douglas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AWB could not inform DFAT and the UN that that debt was being paid out of these two (wheat) contracts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38435]]></link><description><![CDATA[AWB could not inform DFAT and the UN that that debt was being paid out of these two (wheat) contracts without disclosing that the actions in 1995/1996 had themselves been outside the sanctions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world slide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world slide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is somthing that can not be explained - the force that drives us to protect the ones we care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is somthing that can not be explained - the force that drives us to protect the ones we care about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a wonderful experience on the golf course today. I had a hole in nothing. Missed the ball and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33731]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a wonderful experience on the golf course today. I had a hole in nothing. Missed the ball and sank the divot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of mind, when out of view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of mind, when out of view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59537]]></link><description><![CDATA[We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62351]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49170]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear away,  The post of honor is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear away,  The post of honor is a private station.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can’t watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor’s tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the highway on time remains to be seen. The situation will be clearer in a week or two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50428]]></link><description><![CDATA[All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50428</guid></item></channel></rss>