<?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[And still the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting  On the pallid bust of Pallas  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52982]]></link><description><![CDATA[And still the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting  On the pallid bust of Pallas   Just above my chamber door;    And his eyes have all the seeming     Of a demon's that is dreaming,      And the lamplight o'er him streaming       Throws his shadow on the floor,        And my soul from out that shadow,         That lies floating on the floor,          Shall be lifted--nevermore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not punished for our sins, but by them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65253]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not punished for our sins, but by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62924]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56773]]></link><description><![CDATA[He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2475]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10222]]></link><description><![CDATA[I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart and not with his lips only, follow me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17203]]></link><description><![CDATA[If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46403]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;  His form was bent, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18629]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;  His form was bent, and his gait was slow,   His long thin hair was white as snow,    But a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye.     And he sang every night as he went to bed,      "Let us be happy down here below:       The living should live, though the dead be dead."        Said the jolly old pedagogue long ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24084]]></link><description><![CDATA[We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong shade of oxblood that is known as Bruges red.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58755]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to livetwice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21872]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to livetwice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't use the public restrooms because they weren't working. The food tasted awful. Everything was disgusting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36176]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't use the public restrooms because they weren't working. The food tasted awful. Everything was disgusting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most skiers are really motorcyclists in cute clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most skiers are really motorcyclists in cute clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We compound our suffering by victimizing each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27713]]></link><description><![CDATA[We compound our suffering by victimizing each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10952]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much of anything is bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much of anything is bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing a song of sixpence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing a song of sixpence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every egg represents 32 hours of jail for a chickenkept in a 3 ft by 1 ft cage, debeaked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every egg represents 32 hours of jail for a chickenkept in a 3 ft by 1 ft cage, debeaked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48790]]></link><description><![CDATA[And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could have lots of warning in a matter of months, or we could have limited warning in a matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38724]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could have lots of warning in a matter of months, or we could have limited warning in a matter of weeks. It's very difficult to tell so we have to focus on surveillance as prevention and on response and recovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there's life, there's hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there's life, there's hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As abeing of power, intelligence, and love, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As abeing of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts,he holds the key to every situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The film created a huge buzz at Cannes. Few people realize that Natalie Portman is Jewish and that she was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The film created a huge buzz at Cannes. Few people realize that Natalie Portman is Jewish and that she was born in Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring's last-born darling, clear-eyed, sweet, Pauses a moment, with white twinkling feet,  And golden locks in breezy play,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring's last-born darling, clear-eyed, sweet, Pauses a moment, with white twinkling feet,  And golden locks in breezy play,   Half teasing and half tender, to repeat    Her song of "May."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe in luck - is skepticism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56489]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe in luck - is skepticism]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say little if not egged on by vanity. [Fr., On parle peu quand la vanite ne fait pas parler.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60380]]></link><description><![CDATA[We say little if not egged on by vanity. [Fr., On parle peu quand la vanite ne fait pas parler.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for tobe what they choose for themselves, without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for tobe what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that theysatisfy you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60769]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue. [Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque virtutis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Fallacies about Christianity must always be faced as deterrents to right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Fallacies about Christianity must always be faced as deterrents to right living, and not merely as mistakes in the mind, for it is the effect they have on our actions which matters most. So soon as we abstract them from our lives and think of them only as faults in our mental machinery, we tend to embrace the greatest fallacy of all -- which is to think of Christianity as a way of looking at life instead of a way of changing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been preparing for this moment for along time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38831]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been preparing for this moment for along time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To prevent disease, you may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To prevent disease, you may have to change how you live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents  The armorers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents  The armorers accomplishing the knights,   With busy hammers closing rivets up,    Give dreadful note of preparation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own. [Lat., Nam genus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own. [Lat., Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi  Vix ea nostra voco.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2501</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[For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46746]]></link><description><![CDATA[For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15665]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15665</guid></item></channel></rss>