<?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[He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42915]]></link><description><![CDATA[He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No. 18, that was the best hole I played all weekend. I had a good two-putter on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37621]]></link><description><![CDATA[No. 18, that was the best hole I played all weekend. I had a good two-putter on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13923]]></link><description><![CDATA[They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they came to John Tyler they were really disappointed that they had to go there and they felt really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29025]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they came to John Tyler they were really disappointed that they had to go there and they felt really unwanted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set all at sixe and seven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set all at sixe and seven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37936]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash and would I please help him do it, ... I thought, 'How is that a show?' And then I thought if I were to do this it would be far too weird and borderline sci-fi and he'd never want to do it. But his response was no, I love that idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37936</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[You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44187]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God who made us has endowed us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son habilete.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9909]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. It's my job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38541]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow the dreams and flowers will fade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59461]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow the dreams and flowers will fade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59461</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[Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13859]]></link><description><![CDATA[What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool all of the people all of the time if the advertising is right and the budget is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4969]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool all of the people all of the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35051]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price, ... Neither company has a strong interest in seeing this resolved in the court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is one short letter of danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is one short letter of danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our ships were British oak, And hearts of oak our men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our ships were British oak, And hearts of oak our men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old ways are the safest and surest ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10898]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old ways are the safest and surest ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536   Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536   Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62472]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord had a job for me, but I had so much to do, I said, "You get somebody else--or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62098]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord had a job for me, but I had so much to do, I said, "You get somebody else--or wait till I get through."  I don't know how the Lord came out, but He seemed to get along:   But I felt kinda sneakin' like, 'cause I know'd I done Him wrong.    One day I needed the Lord--Needed Him myself--needed Him right away,     And He never answered me at all, but I could hear Him say      Down in my accusin' heart, "Nigger, I'se got too much to do,       You get somebody else or wait till I get through."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43421]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far away,   Despising doleful dumps.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16843]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a complete stretch to get it to do that, which saved the mission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31984]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a complete stretch to get it to do that, which saved the mission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us toward our destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To buy deare is not bounty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50001]]></link><description><![CDATA[To buy deare is not bounty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27477]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433   One can say: "I will, but my body does not obey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433   One can say: "I will, but my body does not obey me"; but not: "My will does not obey me".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their weapons are formidable, ... A coup would be very risky and would give NATO an excuse for finishing off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their weapons are formidable, ... A coup would be very risky and would give NATO an excuse for finishing off Milosevic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Arabian Proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18964]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Arabian Proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51771]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth and History involve nothing more than convincing the masses that you are right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth and History involve nothing more than convincing the masses that you are right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57582]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57582</guid></item></channel></rss>