<?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 phrase "public office is a public trust," has of last become common property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52514]]></link><description><![CDATA[The phrase "public office is a public trust," has of last become common property.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's interesting because it's unusual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35919]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's interesting because it's unusual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47047]]></link><description><![CDATA[A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications in the form of minor witnesses, the protagonist finally appears and contradictions arise to produce drama, and finally as both jury and spectators grow weary and confused the pace quickens, reaching its climax in passionate final argument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk no more of the lucky escape of the head From a flint so unhappily thrown;  I think very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk no more of the lucky escape of the head From a flint so unhappily thrown;  I think very different from thousands; indeed   'Twas a lucky escape for the stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9469]]></link><description><![CDATA[So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the office without undergoing the agonies of the damned, but give him a little metal, a few chemicals, some wire and twenty or thirty billion dollars and, vroom! there he is, up on a rock a quarter of a million miles up in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9609]]></link><description><![CDATA[In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire.  Is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61422]]></link><description><![CDATA[What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire.  Is this too little?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperial Waltz! imported from the Rhine (Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine),  Long be thine import from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imperial Waltz! imported from the Rhine (Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine),  Long be thine import from all duty free,   And hock itself be less esteem'd than thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fellow mixes blood with his colors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fellow mixes blood with his colors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,  Now in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,  Now in a lily cup, and now   Setting a jacinth bell a-swing,    In his wandering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One murder made a villain, Millions a hero.--Princes were privileg'd  To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43394]]></link><description><![CDATA[One murder made a villain, Millions a hero.--Princes were privileg'd  To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.   Ah! why will kings forget that they are men,    And men that they are brethren?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can come in and get 20 points, at any given time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can come in and get 20 points, at any given time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is religion to be thus forsworn, For charity itself fulfills the law  And who can never love from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5709]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is religion to be thus forsworn, For charity itself fulfills the law  And who can never love from charity?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been working hard over the winter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28195]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been working hard over the winter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27294]]></link><description><![CDATA[All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath no head, needes no heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath no head, needes no heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to accept our beliefs. The same thing happens when a hot coal meets another piece of coal: it either shares its fire with it or is overwhelmed by the other`s size and is extinguished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What then remains, but that we still should cry Not to be born, or being born to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11170]]></link><description><![CDATA[What then remains, but that we still should cry Not to be born, or being born to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/152]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house   When our gudeman's awa.   - William Julius Mickle,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They will probably be there the rest of the week, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37668]]></link><description><![CDATA[They will probably be there the rest of the week,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visions for those too tired to sleep, These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visions for those too tired to sleep, These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You want to understand what the person across the table from you does for a living and how they do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35352]]></link><description><![CDATA[You want to understand what the person across the table from you does for a living and how they do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65836]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made her; her beauty cost her nothing,   Her virtues were so rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real estate is a big concern, and we're going to have to watch it carefully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real estate is a big concern, and we're going to have to watch it carefully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till the rose's lips grow pale With her sighs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till the rose's lips grow pale With her sighs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for its own sake and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for its own sake and I doubt whether you will find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Salt Lake City, but I love you and the life of work before me still better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42242]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Salt Lake City, but I love you and the life of work before me still better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I can do is what I think is right. I've always tried to build relationships with people on campus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38134]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I can do is what I think is right. I've always tried to build relationships with people on campus, and I think they know what kind of person I am. ... I think I feel as secure as I can be, given the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I needed a spark in my life. You become closer to the Lord. The word becomes alive and real. After ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I needed a spark in my life. You become closer to the Lord. The word becomes alive and real. After the class, I felt God was talking to me and I knew my purpose was to bring his love to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My main concern now is that most people who fish with 'crabs' will not take the time to tell a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30190]]></link><description><![CDATA[My main concern now is that most people who fish with 'crabs' will not take the time to tell a rusty from natives. Several states have gone as far as to make it illegal to use any crayfish as fishing bait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind that broods o'er guilty woes Is like a scorpion girt by fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind that broods o'er guilty woes Is like a scorpion girt by fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48764</guid></item></channel></rss>