<?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[Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16469]]></link><description><![CDATA[But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just want to be steady. Play consistent defense, swing consistent and give ourselves a chance to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38205]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just want to be steady. Play consistent defense, swing consistent and give ourselves a chance to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see music as the augmentation of a split second of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see music as the augmentation of a split second of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62247]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To these men and women we humbly bow, to the generations who followed and carried the pulpit and teaching of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35088]]></link><description><![CDATA[To these men and women we humbly bow, to the generations who followed and carried the pulpit and teaching of Jesus Christ, we are grateful. Let us be inspired to walk in His presence and leave our children the same faith and hope of a home beyond the grave -- a house not made by hands but eternal in the heavens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25782]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without speculation there is no good and original observation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without speculation there is no good and original observation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, monstrous! but one half-pennyworth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55871]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, monstrous! but one half-pennyworth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No outward doors of a man's house can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19607]]></link><description><![CDATA[No outward doors of a man's house can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though in criminal cases the public safety supersedes the private.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34932]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6039]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58498]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises,  . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we say it's time for batting practice, they say, 'Oh, let's go!' When it's time for fielding practice, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40570]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we say it's time for batting practice, they say, 'Oh, let's go!' When it's time for fielding practice, they start moaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do think there's probably a lot of questions among (US ) producers about what all this means. There's going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do think there's probably a lot of questions among (US ) producers about what all this means. There's going to be an increased level of concern in the (WTO) process going forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing today an unmistakable confirmation that there is in the country the emergence of a new political culture. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37525]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing today an unmistakable confirmation that there is in the country the emergence of a new political culture. A sense that the legacy of the rule of the gun can be resisted is now taking root.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows;  But like of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8646]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows;  But like of each thing that in season grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64495]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an achievement of all Iraqis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34843]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an achievement of all Iraqis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure  You credit anything the light gives life to   Before a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The national assembly should draft the permanent constitution within a period ending by August 22. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36210]]></link><description><![CDATA[The national assembly should draft the permanent constitution within a period ending by August 22.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm speechless and so happy to be in the finals. As a kid, I always looked up to people above ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32182]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm speechless and so happy to be in the finals. As a kid, I always looked up to people above me to see what they could do. I think I passed some of them, most of them, and I'm happy about that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20209]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark the Night, with breath all flowers, And tender broken voice that fills  With ravishment the listening hours,--  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dark the Night, with breath all flowers, And tender broken voice that fills  With ravishment the listening hours,--   Whisperings, wooings,    Liquid ripples, and soft ring-dove cooings     In low-toned rhythm that love's aching stills!      Dark the night       Yet is she bright,        For in her dark she brings the mystic star,         Trembling yet strong, as is the voice of love,          From some unknown afar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dogs learn more than 40 commands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dogs learn more than 40 commands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Folly growes without watering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Folly growes without watering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye talk together still, In the language wherewith Spring  Letters cowslips on the hill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10544]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye talk together still, In the language wherewith Spring  Letters cowslips on the hill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, come away; Why dost thou stay? Thy road is ready and thy paths made straight With longing expectations wait ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, come away; Why dost thou stay? Thy road is ready and thy paths made straight With longing expectations wait The consecration of thy beautious feet. Ride on triumphantly; behold! we lay Our lusts and proud wills in thy way. Hosannah! welcome to our hearts: Lord, here Thou hast a temple too, and full as dear  As that of Sion; and as full of sin -- Nothing but thieves and robbers dwell therein; Enter and chase them forth, and cleanse the floor,  Crucify them, that they may never more Profane that holy place Where thou hast chose to set thy face. And then if our still tongues shall be  Mute in the praises of thy deity, The stones out of the temple wall  Shall cry aloud and call Hosannah! and thy glorious footsteps greet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am concerned a little bit about housing prices, because I think demand will continue to be strong, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29367]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am concerned a little bit about housing prices, because I think demand will continue to be strong, but the supply will be lower this year than last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25733]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing for us is to save lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing for us is to save lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand times less than we deserve, and much less than many of our fellow-creatures are suffering around us. Let us therefore pray for grace to be humble, thankful, and patient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2845]]></link><description><![CDATA[UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not over. These kids believe in each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40593]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not over. These kids believe in each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are dreaded by many then beware of many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48607]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1975]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50829</guid></item></channel></rss>