<?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 love little children too but I don't cut offtheir heads and stick them in vases.http://www.egroups.com/messages/nomow108/1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43894]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love little children too but I don't cut offtheir heads and stick them in vases.http://www.egroups.com/messages/nomow108/1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel fortunate to get out of here with a victory. It feels like a loss though because we didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34201]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel fortunate to get out of here with a victory. It feels like a loss though because we didn't deserve to win and Bridgeport did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they have been, Some go there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they have been, Some go there to sleep and nod, But few go there to worship God]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drink to me with thine eyes alone; or if thou wilt, having put it to thy lips, fill the cup ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drink to me with thine eyes alone; or if thou wilt, having put it to thy lips, fill the cup with kisses, and so give it me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main thing is you just want to stay out of everybody's way, just don't want to interrupt anything. More ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41866]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main thing is you just want to stay out of everybody's way, just don't want to interrupt anything. More than anything, you just want to observe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5090]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their clubs into shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsely luxurious, will not man awake? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27573]]></link><description><![CDATA[In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4035]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58787]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking;  But there is something when man's eye appears   Wet, still more disagreeable and striking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10185]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28625]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romance is the poetry of literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romance is the poetry of literature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604  We can have no power from Christ unless we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604  We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I can go harder out there now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I can go harder out there now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are the best of the best good temperament, good medical background, good size. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36427]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are the best of the best good temperament, good medical background, good size.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25342]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why we're doing what we're doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35293]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why we're doing what we're doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[criminal, n. A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5065]]></link><description><![CDATA[criminal, n. A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood is thicker than water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blood is thicker than water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are buying a cow, make sure that the price of the tail is included. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5160]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are buying a cow, make sure that the price of the tail is included.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a one-way street, and we are not coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a one-way street, and we are not coming back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best revenge is massive success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best revenge is massive success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is hurt but by himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21667]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is hurt but by himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under his pillow, only more expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on prayer   We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on prayer   We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism... To your knees, man! and to your Bible! Decide at once! Don't hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God, quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With this change in the mood on Argentina, investors are buying Brazilian stocks almost indiscriminately as everything here is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35002]]></link><description><![CDATA[With this change in the mood on Argentina, investors are buying Brazilian stocks almost indiscriminately as everything here is so cheap now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50334]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9453]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to get through it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou desirest to be safe, turn at once in thy emptiness to God. If thou hast been inconsistent, how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7254]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou desirest to be safe, turn at once in thy emptiness to God. If thou hast been inconsistent, how canst thou better become consistent again than in God only? How canst thou better escape death than by the true, real Life -- which is God Himself?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My plenteous joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves  In drops of sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23437]]></link><description><![CDATA[My plenteous joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves  In drops of sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that when you know something's going wrong, you make it right. That's what I learned in Vietnam. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60630]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that when you know something's going wrong, you make it right. That's what I learned in Vietnam. When I came back from that war I saw that it was wrong. Some people don't like the fact that I stood up to say no, but I did]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their plie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62044]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their plie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly-tree?  The eye that contemplates it well perceives   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19585]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly-tree?  The eye that contemplates it well perceives   Its glossy leaves    Ordered by an Intelligence so wise     As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25009</guid></item></channel></rss>