<?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 heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;  And then, those little anodynes   That deaden ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19046]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;  And then, those little anodynes   That deaden suffering;    And then, to go to sleep;     And then, if it should be      The will of its Inquisitor,       The liberty to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One draught above heat makes him a fool; the second mads him; and a third drowns him. -Twelfth Night. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55738]]></link><description><![CDATA[One draught above heat makes him a fool; the second mads him; and a third drowns him. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1135]]></link><description><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. -Measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56111]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the best possible time for big companies to go after online opportunities, ... This is also the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41416]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the best possible time for big companies to go after online opportunities, ... This is also the best possible time to start a company, if you're willing to build for the long-term.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. - The Silence of the Sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44175]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. - The Silence of the Sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so long as you live peaceably, and you have the word of a king for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63416]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate,  I'd weep the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate,  I'd weep the world in such a strain   As it should deluge once again;    But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies     More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes,      I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds       And write thy epitaph in blood and wounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's meant to be will always find a way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66176]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's meant to be will always find a way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12924]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life devoted unto God, looking wholly unto Him in all our actions, and doing all things suitably to His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7055]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life devoted unto God, looking wholly unto Him in all our actions, and doing all things suitably to His glory, is so far from being dull and uncomfortable, that it creates new comforts in everything that we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are shifting further and further to the higher end of the weight spectrum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41069]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are shifting further and further to the higher end of the weight spectrum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down to Gehenna or up to the throne, He travels the fastest who travel alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Down to Gehenna or up to the throne, He travels the fastest who travel alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is hard. After all it kills you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is hard. After all it kills you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   God has been very good to me, for I never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60049]]></link><description><![CDATA[People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody picks on a strong man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody picks on a strong man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mirror of constant faith, revered and mourn'd! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mirror of constant faith, revered and mourn'd!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4408]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[will result in the creation of a powerful base for further development in the sector. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30093]]></link><description><![CDATA[will result in the creation of a powerful base for further development in the sector.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28023]]></link><description><![CDATA[In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50870]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53607]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause I'm like that a lot. You think everything's ok, and it is . . . 'till it's not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a strange climb ... long but not very steep, so you can keep 30, 40, 50 guys, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40377]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a strange climb ... long but not very steep, so you can keep 30, 40, 50 guys, and they can take shots at you from the back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all The fools who flock'd to swell or see the show  Who car'd about the corpse? The funeral ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all The fools who flock'd to swell or see the show  Who car'd about the corpse? The funeral   Made the attraction, and the black the woe;    There throbb'd not there a thought which pierc'd the pall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young female wolverine we collared weighed about 19 pounds, and was in excellent health and condition. She hasn't had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young female wolverine we collared weighed about 19 pounds, and was in excellent health and condition. She hasn't had kits yet, and is probably just a year old. It's likely that her parents and possibly siblings are in the same general area, so chances are good that we will collar additional individuals in the traps we've set.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's to short for chess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's to short for chess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's going to happen everywhere, everywhere, the first thing that's going to happen is as many people as possible are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35835]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's going to happen everywhere, everywhere, the first thing that's going to happen is as many people as possible are going to go find their kids.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35835</guid></item></channel></rss>