<?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[Once I got there, I noticed that smoke was everywhere, and we noticed that someone had tried to kick one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once I got there, I noticed that smoke was everywhere, and we noticed that someone had tried to kick one of the side doors in to get in the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49019]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[and hit it with a hammer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38708]]></link><description><![CDATA[and hit it with a hammer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bid the Devil take the slowest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bid the Devil take the slowest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34980]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then on! then on! where duty leads, My course be onward still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then on! then on! where duty leads, My course be onward still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a state of mind i could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24601]]></link><description><![CDATA[hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a state of mind i could call mine, that only i could own where i could hum a tune any time i choose and there's no such thing as time where i can feel no pain, just calm and sane what a place for one to find]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, toreflect alone upon what has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, toreflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's ownopinions, and value others' that deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public opinion is no more than this: What people think that other people think ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public opinion is no more than this: What people think that other people think]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ovid's a rake, as half his verses show him, Anacreon's morals are a still worse sample,  Catullus scarcely has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ovid's a rake, as half his verses show him, Anacreon's morals are a still worse sample,  Catullus scarcely has a decent poem,   I don't think Sappho's Ode a good example,    Although Longinus tells us there is no hymn     Where the sublime soars forth on wings more ample;      But Virgil's songs are pure, except that horrid one       Being with "Formosum Pastor Corydon."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesters do oft prove prophets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesters do oft prove prophets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66286]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought forth a mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43317]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought forth a mouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[If something better] is out there, then we'll keep them, ... If not, let's scrap it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28710]]></link><description><![CDATA[[If something better] is out there, then we'll keep them, ... If not, let's scrap it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54162]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasures. -King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56058]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasures. -King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41599]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5921]]></link><description><![CDATA[What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41075]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother who is really a mother is never free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27268]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother who is really a mother is never free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not permitted that we should know everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50283]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not permitted that we should know everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never done this before. This is the best feeling in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28367]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never done this before. This is the best feeling in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they'll eventually conquer you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52134]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they'll eventually conquer you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or stars of morning, dew-drops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or stars of morning, dew-drops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she showed a tremendous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33410]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she showed a tremendous amount of poise for a ninth-grader. There were some rough spots, but this gives us something to build on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come here this time as the special envoy of the secretary general on UN reform only, not as someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come here this time as the special envoy of the secretary general on UN reform only, not as someone who is entrusted with the task of talking about the situation in Myanmar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In practice, probably member states, some of them if not all of them, will have to pass laws in national ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41584]]></link><description><![CDATA[In practice, probably member states, some of them if not all of them, will have to pass laws in national parliaments in order to move from one regime to the other and this can take a certain time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks like things are going to get rough, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35123]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like things are going to get rough,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14812]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, I played center field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I played center field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65746]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61335]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  To be right with God has often meant to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58191]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58191</guid></item></channel></rss>