<?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[I thought upon one pair of English legs Did march three Frenchmen. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 6. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55957]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought upon one pair of English legs Did march three Frenchmen. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 6.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether that history is recorded in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39185]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether that history is recorded in books or embodied in customs, institutions and monuments]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20660]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10825]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only by respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23398]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So well she acted all and every part By turns--with that vivacious versatility,  Which many people take for want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5643]]></link><description><![CDATA[So well she acted all and every part By turns--with that vivacious versatility,  Which many people take for want of heart.   They err--'tis merely what is call'd mobility,    A thing of temperament and not of art,     Though seeming so, from its supposed facility;      And false--though true; for surely they're sincerest       Who are strongly acted on by what is nearest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18932]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends. [Lat., Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's something big coming to the outside area of Ottawa, sort of a private clinic for holistic aspects of healing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32101]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's something big coming to the outside area of Ottawa, sort of a private clinic for holistic aspects of healing. It's going to be a huge $150-million dollar project and it's going to attract the world's attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5370]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain;  No fear lest he should swerve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain;  No fear lest he should swerve or faint;   "His life is Christ, his death is gain."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing.  Few lend (but fools)   Their working tools.   - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing.  Few lend (but fools)   Their working tools.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is low in the index, and probably it makes sense to collapse the dual-listed structure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33799]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is low in the index, and probably it makes sense to collapse the dual-listed structure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no excuse for it. It's our home gym. We practice here every day, so there's no excuse for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37680]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no excuse for it. It's our home gym. We practice here every day, so there's no excuse for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26793]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the imperial vot'ress passed on,   In maiden meditation, fancy-free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't have asked for anything better than the way they've treated me here, especially my teammates. I wasn't worried, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37627]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't have asked for anything better than the way they've treated me here, especially my teammates. I wasn't worried, but I was pretty nervous about how I'd be accepted. Ever since Day One it's just been great. There's been no negativity at all, absolutely none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young people need models, not critics... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young people need models, not critics...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the economy, stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15979]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the economy, stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take any risk. There is caution, indeed, because of the elections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love lasteth long as the money endureth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love lasteth long as the money endureth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He got there late and I briefed him. I'm not sure he didn't follow my lead out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40433]]></link><description><![CDATA[He got there late and I briefed him. I'm not sure he didn't follow my lead out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. [Mathew]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. [Mathew].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used all our best endeavors and begged His blessing upon them, we torment ourselves about the wise issue and event of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6119]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12495]]></link><description><![CDATA[But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58513]]></link><description><![CDATA[But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day  Can tell the definition   So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day  Can tell the definition   So clear of victory,    As he, defeated, dying,     On whose forbidden ear      The distant strains of triumph       Break agonized and clear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By studying the masters and not their pupils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24518]]></link><description><![CDATA[By studying the masters and not their pupils.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been doing this for eight years now, and I think we found ourselves comfortable enough to do it ourselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been doing this for eight years now, and I think we found ourselves comfortable enough to do it ourselves . . . We found a way to be really happy and this way we're able to do it on our own . . . it's exciting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing will work unless you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing will work unless you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65848]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure that man needs the help]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proper study of mankind is books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proper study of mankind is books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what I've been trying to stress the whole time. It's a safety issue. It's only a matter of time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37455]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what I've been trying to stress the whole time. It's a safety issue. It's only a matter of time before someone gets killed or is seriously injured on that road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24517]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost,  We seek it, ere it comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25572]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost,  We seek it, ere it comes to light,   In every cranny but the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism... .It is understandable why ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29699]]></link><description><![CDATA[For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism... .It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was nothing but pure fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was nothing but pure fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35107</guid></item></channel></rss>