<?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[If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45522]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. -Rachel Carson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have to walk back in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five miles meandering with mazy motion, Through dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Five miles meandering with mazy motion, Through dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank the tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hopes not for good, feares not evill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49360]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21983]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advise none to marry or goe to warre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advise none to marry or goe to warre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fickle and capricious woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51779]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fickle and capricious woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always admire what you really don't understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/598]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always admire what you really don't understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more of bitterness than good nature in him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50515]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have immediate needs such as fixing radio interoperability problems, repayment of local police for guarding airports, firefighter grants, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39482]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have immediate needs such as fixing radio interoperability problems, repayment of local police for guarding airports, firefighter grants, and other homeland security needs that the Congress and president need to act on, ... Funds for these urgent priorities were cut in the 2002 supplemental spending bill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves "thinking people" respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves "thinking people" respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog was conditioned to respond to certain sounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28502]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is "thequiet acceptance of what is.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21601]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is "thequiet acceptance of what is.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is awful. Those poor girls. You shouldn't have to get your story in the paper to get it fixed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29339]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is awful. Those poor girls. You shouldn't have to get your story in the paper to get it fixed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The London attack is one of the attacks that al Qaeda ... had the honour of carrying out against Zionist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The London attack is one of the attacks that al Qaeda ... had the honour of carrying out against Zionist, British arrogance, the aggression of the crusader British against the Muslim nation for over a hundred years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not science fiction. The fact is that the world will exist in 100 years, 300 years and one thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32981]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not science fiction. The fact is that the world will exist in 100 years, 300 years and one thousand years from now...This makes good sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many search for happiness as we look for a hat we wear on our heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many search for happiness as we look for a hat we wear on our heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. Dad was told by mother. You can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. Dad was told by mother. You can't have one without the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845  Accustom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845  Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation -- speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He just had good control. That was the key. He didn't put people on base and allowed the defense to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31324]]></link><description><![CDATA[He just had good control. That was the key. He didn't put people on base and allowed the defense to do what they were supposed to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31324</guid></item><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://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the art of printing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40938]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/683]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first dish pleaseth all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49851]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first dish pleaseth all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got the looks that we wanted. The shots didn't fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41771]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got the looks that we wanted. The shots didn't fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd be picking roses for a lifetime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10916]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd be picking roses for a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One good act of vengeance deserves another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44220]]></link><description><![CDATA[One good act of vengeance deserves another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4294]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5316]]></link><description><![CDATA[What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence,  So sweet is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9925]]></link><description><![CDATA[When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence,  So sweet is zealous contemplation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a fast start, then Milford had a 12-0 run, then we held them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32030]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a fast start, then Milford had a 12-0 run, then we held them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They took it to us and made us take penalties. The rest is history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35321]]></link><description><![CDATA[They took it to us and made us take penalties. The rest is history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38536]]></link><description><![CDATA[American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Important principles may and must be inflexible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Important principles may and must be inflexible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48236</guid></item></channel></rss>