<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact.  One sees more devils than vast hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact.  One sees more devils than vast hell can hold;   That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic,    Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt.     The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,      Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;       And as imagination bodies forth        The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen         Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing          A local habitation and a name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24320]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, it does give us an opportunity to start off (conference play) with a win and not a loss, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, it does give us an opportunity to start off (conference play) with a win and not a loss,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16017]]></link><description><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55611]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ocean:rocking cradle of the world, sunset stairway to the stars.. only by great masters trod, only written on by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17727]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ocean:rocking cradle of the world, sunset stairway to the stars.. only by great masters trod, only written on by God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of the same elements; and about once in so often we go back and begin again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of love begins when infatuation ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of love begins when infatuation ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things orbidden have a secret charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things orbidden have a secret charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21200]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1218]]></link><description><![CDATA[In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figured he took that extended lead and as I was going to throw, I saw him delaying and tried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32646]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figured he took that extended lead and as I was going to throw, I saw him delaying and tried to hold up and threw the ball away and felt like just the biggest idiot alive at that point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21879]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,  Thou bear'st thy heavy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61424]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,  Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey,   And death unloads thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12197]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never take my own side in a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52689]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never take my own side in a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54457]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious form than under a pious king. [Lat., Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet  Servitutem. Nunquam libertas gratior extat   Quam sub rege pio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although the last, not least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although the last, not least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a really hard decision. But he was really wanting me to come to Canada, and it just felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39360]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a really hard decision. But he was really wanting me to come to Canada, and it just felt like the right idea. Everybody thought I was crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20125]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a shocking gasoline build...the crude build was bigger than expected and that should put down pressure on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28412]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a shocking gasoline build...the crude build was bigger than expected and that should put down pressure on the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55562]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor. [Lat., Gratia, quae ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15479]]></link><description><![CDATA[A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor. [Lat., Gratia, quae tarda est, ingrata est: gratia namque  Cum fieri properat, gratia grata magis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just monitoring the dikes right now and making sure the water isn't staying on them for an extended period ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just monitoring the dikes right now and making sure the water isn't staying on them for an extended period of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is about as big as the things that make him angry ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2521]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is about as big as the things that make him angry]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60101]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14723]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring  In the spring,   And wait upon her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring  In the spring,   And wait upon her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. -Alphonse de Lamartine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922  One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922  One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings, and dislikings before some spiritual adviser; for, ... the first condition which the Evil One makes with a soul, when he wants to entrap it, is silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56240]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark  How he did shake. 'Tis true, this god did shake.   His coward lips did from their color fly,    And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world     Did lose his luster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the truth is often a great lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the truth is often a great lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He came back nicely. He doesn't throw as hard as Kurtis, but he throws the ball over the plate, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34550]]></link><description><![CDATA[He came back nicely. He doesn't throw as hard as Kurtis, but he throws the ball over the plate, he changes speeds, he works quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I cause the widow's heart to sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19030]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I cause the widow's heart to sing for joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still you keep o' the windy side of the law. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still you keep o' the windy side of the law. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55767</guid></item></channel></rss>