<?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[I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world;  And, for because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world;  And, for because the world is populous,   And here is not a creature but myself,    I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shirley and Joan have done kids' shows for about 40 years now, and I think they've got it down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shirley and Joan have done kids' shows for about 40 years now, and I think they've got it down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a kind of screen saver for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9582]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a kind of screen saver for your brain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Busy bees chasedthe bloom chasteThough they crawled on herclothesher petals unfoldedand those held closestill ever faithful to the sunis the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Busy bees chasedthe bloom chasteThough they crawled on herclothesher petals unfoldedand those held closestill ever faithful to the sunis the everpure roseWhether her hueis violet or roseWhether she growsin freedom or rowsever to God in waves arosethe love perfumefrom the heart of the rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52726]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may outwit another, but not all the others. [Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11535]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may outwit another, but not all the others. [Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin que tous les autres.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a lot of confidence coming in. I told them to treat it like a championship but to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42381]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a lot of confidence coming in. I told them to treat it like a championship but to have fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcohol's a big problem which we need to solve and if that means going to primary schools then we've got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcohol's a big problem which we need to solve and if that means going to primary schools then we've got to consider it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is the illusion of permanance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is the illusion of permanance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time I'm in the area, I like to pay them a visit and update them on the partnership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time I'm in the area, I like to pay them a visit and update them on the partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a decision - not an emotion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a decision - not an emotion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58736]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life;  And he that forged, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life;  And he that forged, and he that threw the dart,   Had each a brother's interest in his heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They also serve who only stand and wait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45747]]></link><description><![CDATA[They also serve who only stand and wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so,  Having a thousand tongues t' allure him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45571]]></link><description><![CDATA[But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so,  Having a thousand tongues t' allure him   And but one to bid him go.    When lips invite,     And eyes delight,      And cheeks as fresh as rose in June,       Persuade delay,--        What boots to say         Forego me now, come to me soon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet a lot of mimes choke to death because nobody believes they're really choking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet a lot of mimes choke to death because nobody believes they're really choking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5581]]></link><description><![CDATA[We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the ;status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906 Continuing a short series on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906 Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad part is, we voted for him because we believed him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33462]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sad part is, we voted for him because we believed him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare. People are telling us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33618]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare. People are telling us they can't afford to get the care they need, because Medicare supplemental policies are too expensive, medications are too expensive, and they are having trouble with special needs if they are in HMOs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ever listen to Him, or else listen to Him only vaguely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are indeed aware of criminal organizations that wear military-style uniforms, use military-style equipment and weapons and employ military-style vehicles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32966]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are indeed aware of criminal organizations that wear military-style uniforms, use military-style equipment and weapons and employ military-style vehicles and tactics while conducting illegal activity in border areas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever called me pretty when I was a little girl ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41623]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever called me pretty when I was a little girl]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wanted to let them know he was thinking of them and their families throughout this holiday, and the American ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28974]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wanted to let them know he was thinking of them and their families throughout this holiday, and the American people are behind them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The days of rejoicing are gone forever. [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45673]]></link><description><![CDATA[The days of rejoicing are gone forever. [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46681]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sticks and stones may break your bones when there's anger to inpart. Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sticks and stones may break your bones when there's anger to inpart. Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19397]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will hereafter believe less history than ever, now that we have seen how it is made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For smiles from reason flow To brute deny'd, and are of love the food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56682]]></link><description><![CDATA[For smiles from reason flow To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We honestly did not think the win would come so easily after the way they batted and reached 155 for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41969]]></link><description><![CDATA[We honestly did not think the win would come so easily after the way they batted and reached 155 for two after lunch on the first day. Then, one bad shot changed everything and allowed us to come back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am extremely proud of the way our staff handled the incident but I am upset it happened. Victim support ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am extremely proud of the way our staff handled the incident but I am upset it happened. Victim support were involved and the police were wonderful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a new artist you're just hoping people notice you any way possible just so you can get your music ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39710]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a new artist you're just hoping people notice you any way possible just so you can get your music to them, ... Then you just hope they dig the music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34749]]></link><description><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you", quoted in Saturday Review, April 5, 1958]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56318]]></link><description><![CDATA[An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28005</guid></item></channel></rss>