<?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[May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill, And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!  While punctual beaux reward the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58559]]></link><description><![CDATA[May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill, And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!  While punctual beaux reward the grateful notes,   And pay for poems--when they pay for coats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53846]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the sin which is not Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin  Or virtue? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48780]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the sin which is not Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin  Or virtue?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24039]]></link><description><![CDATA[And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do home sizes rise when, during the same period, the average family size has declined? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do home sizes rise when, during the same period, the average family size has declined?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You all know how difficult it is to operate with unanimity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41590]]></link><description><![CDATA[You all know how difficult it is to operate with unanimity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O blithe New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice;  O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10818]]></link><description><![CDATA[O blithe New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice;  O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird,   Or but a wandering Voice?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried not to watch it, but we were shocked. I feel bad for the Americans, but we feel great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried not to watch it, but we were shocked. I feel bad for the Americans, but we feel great for the Swedes. We're looking forward to the last stop on this train, and hopefully we can bring the gold home for Canada.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13647]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My real fear is that there will be revenge acts. That has happened in the past. That could be very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33552]]></link><description><![CDATA[My real fear is that there will be revenge acts. That has happened in the past. That could be very bloody and lead to more serious problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a high school student and this is from a poem I wrote called Sometimes He Wonders. You may split ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27679]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a high school student and this is from a poem I wrote called Sometimes He Wonders. You may split it into different parts if you'd like - right now I'll put it as Unsorted. And He feels so incredibly weak when he has ferociously quarreled against them since his genuine years and has lost. His hopes for a better understanding dissipate as he grows older, and his mind grows less eager to reach a verdict. Having no sense of direction, he roams here, looking above, asking futile questions, even though the answers may be feared. Good by nature, he has learned his survival skills, which will lead him into the real world, and will someday make him a successful individual. Wishing the pressure did not exist, it is a natural instinct to adapt and not to recluse. He rather is a mindless drone than a lonely Hermit, after all. He has no control over his environment, it is the exact opposite. Molded and shaped by his surroundings, he seeks about for himself and his purpose, while this mold slowly deteriorates organic matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mole and His MotherA mole, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: I am sure than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mole and His MotherA mole, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: I am sure than I can see, Mother! In the desire to prove to him his mistake, his Mother placed before him a few grains of frankincense, and asked, What is it?' The young Mole said, It is a pebble. His Mother exclaimed: My son, I am afraid that you are not only blind, but that you have lost your sense of smell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you are, be a good one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you are, be a good one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38198]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually had to witness this, knowing that when you get into a locomotive, there is no steering wheel. As you can imagine, they are pretty shook up about this whole thing, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I stoop Into a dark tremendous sea of cloud,  It is but for a time; I press God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20601]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I stoop Into a dark tremendous sea of cloud,  It is but for a time; I press God's lamp   Close to my breast; its splendor soon or late    Will pierce the gloom; I shall emerge one day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12343]]></link><description><![CDATA[American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17165]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912  Let us not inquire into the affairs of others that concern us not, but be busied within ourselves and our own spheres; ever remembering that to pry into the actions or interests of other men not under our charge may minister to pride, to tyranny, to uncharitableness, to trouble, but can never consist with modesty; unless where duty or the mere intentions of charity and relation do warrant it... Knock, therefore, at the door before you enter upon your neighbor's privacy: and remember, that there is no difference between entering his house and looking into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of the thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of the thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from first impressions. If your instincts tell you you're going to have a hard time working with someone, pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love or whatever you name it; it just makes losing our freedom! welcome to the club. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love or whatever you name it; it just makes losing our freedom! welcome to the club.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power seldome grows old at Court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power seldome grows old at Court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only feel, but want the power to paint. [Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45423]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only feel, but want the power to paint. [Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn but I shall have my pocket picked? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn but I shall have my pocket picked?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5762]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make necessity a virtue (a virtue of necessity). [Lat., Necessitatem in virtutem commutarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44048]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make necessity a virtue (a virtue of necessity). [Lat., Necessitatem in virtutem commutarum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our children's children will hear a good story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our children's children will hear a good story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember that a kite rises against - not with - the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember that a kite rises against - not with - the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hardly wear any makeup. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hardly wear any makeup.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health food makes me sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health food makes me sick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27632</guid></item></channel></rss>