<?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[It was brown with a golden gloss, Janette, It was finer than silk of the floss, my pet;  'Twas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was brown with a golden gloss, Janette, It was finer than silk of the floss, my pet;  'Twas a beautiful mist falling down to your wrist,   'Twas a thing to be braided, and jewelled, and kissed--    'Twas the loveliest hair in the world, my pet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before  Mayst ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before  Mayst rule it, as thou list: and pour the shame,   Which it would pour on thee, upon the floor.    It is most just to throw that on the ground,     Which would throw me there, if I keep the round.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world. -B. C. Forbes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world. -B. C. Forbes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guns are neat little things, aren't they? They can kill extraordinary people with very little effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guns are neat little things, aren't they? They can kill extraordinary people with very little effort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them, correct them, bring them in line with His will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17656]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them, correct them, bring them in line with His will and then hand them back to us to be resubmitted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44865]]></link><description><![CDATA[And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65837]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sinews of business (or state). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sinews of business (or state).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49520]]></link><description><![CDATA[If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was incredible how strong the results were. The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41960]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was incredible how strong the results were. The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death and a fear of the US occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you seen my Kung fu lately? Cause it has gotten totally awsome! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you seen my Kung fu lately? Cause it has gotten totally awsome!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In climes beyond the solar road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58290]]></link><description><![CDATA[In climes beyond the solar road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's probably the most disciplined team I've ever seen in high school basketball. All the teams in the Panhandle don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28360]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's probably the most disciplined team I've ever seen in high school basketball. All the teams in the Panhandle don't play like that. But we just adapted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were about 10 points they scored in a row because we weren't where we needed to be defensively. Consequently, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37922]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were about 10 points they scored in a row because we weren't where we needed to be defensively. Consequently, you get fouled calls that way, and it's pretty easy to score when you're standing there at the free throw line with nobody guarding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46377]]></link><description><![CDATA[It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then give yourself a mental credit for each of them, however small. This will help you focus on what you have done instead of what you haven't gotten around to do. It may sound simplistic, but it works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the first blush of sin comes its indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20752]]></link><description><![CDATA[After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2400]]></link><description><![CDATA[I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10584]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joy shared is a joy doubled ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23390]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joy shared is a joy doubled]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710  To think of the Communists as the executors of God's judgment should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710  To think of the Communists as the executors of God's judgment should not strike us as strange if we have read our Bibles. The same study should free us from the assumption that God will always be on our side whatever we do, will always protect His Church from temporal evil; or that He is only concerned with the faithful believers. It was precisely His concern for the wicked Ninevites that so distressed the prophet Jonah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass, the Fox, and the LionThe ass and the fox, having entered into partnership together fortheir mutual protection, went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass, the Fox, and the LionThe ass and the fox, having entered into partnership together fortheir mutual protection, went out into the forest to hunt. Theyhadnot proceeded far when they met a Lion. The Fox, seeing imminentdanger, approached the Lion and promised to contrive for him thecapture of the Ass if the Lion would pledge his word not to harmtheFox. Then, upon assuring the Ass that he would not be injured,theFox led him to a deep pit and arranged that he should fall into it.The Lion, seeing that the Ass was secured, immediately clutchedtheFox, and attacked the Ass at his leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that the Maoists will give high priority to civilians' security while waging war against the state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that the Maoists will give high priority to civilians' security while waging war against the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The building will provide a state of the art performance hall and a rehearsal space for musical performance and instruction ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38569]]></link><description><![CDATA[The building will provide a state of the art performance hall and a rehearsal space for musical performance and instruction for large orchestral ensembles and choral groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day brings a ship, Every ship brings a word;  Well for those who have no fear,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day brings a ship, Every ship brings a word;  Well for those who have no fear,   Looking seaward well assured    That the word the vessel brings     Is the word they wish to hear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A deadly echidna once bit a Cappadocian; she herself died, having tasted the Poison-flinging blood. [Lat., Vipera Cappadocem nocitura mormordit; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46866]]></link><description><![CDATA[A deadly echidna once bit a Cappadocian; she herself died, having tasted the Poison-flinging blood. [Lat., Vipera Cappadocem nocitura mormordit; at illa Gustato perit sanguine Cappadocis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10903]]></link><description><![CDATA[You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to learn a lot from this. It's going to give us a real definitive understanding of what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32449]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to learn a lot from this. It's going to give us a real definitive understanding of what we have up there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The daffodil is our doorside queen; She pushes upward the sword already,  To spot with sunshine the early green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10968]]></link><description><![CDATA[The daffodil is our doorside queen; She pushes upward the sword already,  To spot with sunshine the early green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17406]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64539]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53740]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In today's complex and fast-moving world, what we need even more than foresight or hindsight is insight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16460]]></link><description><![CDATA[In today's complex and fast-moving world, what we need even more than foresight or hindsight is insight]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50016]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58756]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33674]]></link><description><![CDATA[This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the widest and most diverse selection of nominees possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33674</guid></item></channel></rss>