<?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[Though the light and comfort of the outward world keeps even the worst men from any constant strong sensibility of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the light and comfort of the outward world keeps even the worst men from any constant strong sensibility of that wrathful, fiery, dark and self-tormenting nature that is the very essence of every fallen unregenerate soul, yet every man in the world has more or less frequent and strong intimations given him that so it is with him in the inmost ground of his soul. How many inventions are some people forced to have recourse to in order to keep off a certain inward uneasiness, which they are afraid of and know not whence it comes? Alas, it is because there is a fallen spirit, a dark, aching fire, within them, which has never had its proper relief and is trying to discover itself and calling out for help at every cessation of worldly joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this part of the country, people are so appreciative of what we do, ... It means so much when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37704]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this part of the country, people are so appreciative of what we do, ... It means so much when someone goes out of their way to say thank you and recognize what we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know they're not selling out. This is something they take very, very seriously, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42725]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know they're not selling out. This is something they take very, very seriously,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach,  And, if it can, at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/431]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach,  And, if it can, at once both please and preach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40838]]></link><description><![CDATA[They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held hostage did not return to school after the attack. Parents and children are fearful and mistrustful about school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49361]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear  In cadence sweet; now dying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4105]]></link><description><![CDATA[How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear  In cadence sweet; now dying all away,   Now pealing loud again, and louder still,    Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on!     With easy force it opens all the cells      Where Memory slept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faire language grates not the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faire language grates not the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -Richard Bach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -Richard Bach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12585]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.  I sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.  I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes,   Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line is the attendance is a direct reflection of the product we've provided. Right now going to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is the attendance is a direct reflection of the product we've provided. Right now going to a Duquesne basketball game is not the fashionable thing to do. We haven't given our fans much to cheer about recently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43969]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48667]]></link><description><![CDATA[As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45365]]></link><description><![CDATA[So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad beginnings, bad endings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad beginnings, bad endings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subsidies could fuel inflation through increased spending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subsidies could fuel inflation through increased spending.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a reflection of the trends that are going on not only in Winston-Salem but across the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38495]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a reflection of the trends that are going on not only in Winston-Salem but across the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are lacking for so much and then they got robbed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28855]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are lacking for so much and then they got robbed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man Bitten by a DogA man who had been bitten by a Dog went about in quest of someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1592]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Man Bitten by a DogA man who had been bitten by a Dog went about in quest of someone who might heal him. A friend, meeting him and learning what he wanted, said, If you would be cured, take a piece of bread, and dip it in the blood from your wound, and go and give it to the Dog that bit you. The Man who had been bitten laughed at this advice and said, Why? If I should do so, it would be as if I should beg every Dog in the town to bite me. Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed increase their means of injuring you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These Winter nights against my window-pane Nature with busy pencil draws designs  Of ferns and blossoms and fine spray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61704]]></link><description><![CDATA[These Winter nights against my window-pane Nature with busy pencil draws designs  Of ferns and blossoms and fine spray of pines,   Oak-leaf and acorn and fantastic vines,    Which she will make when summer comes again--     Quaint arabesques in argent, flat and cold,      Like curious Chinese etchings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a strange climb ... long but not very steep, so you can keep 30, 40, 50 guys, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40377]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a strange climb ... long but not very steep, so you can keep 30, 40, 50 guys, and they can take shots at you from the back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the art of overlooking the failings and weaknesses of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the art of overlooking the failings and weaknesses of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two men to make one brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66119]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two men to make one brother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most joyful let the Poet be; It is through him that all men see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most joyful let the Poet be; It is through him that all men see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits are the shorthand of behavior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits are the shorthand of behavior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63620]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness. The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by st ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaim You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; I now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24666]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tenor's voice is spoilt by affectation, And for the bass, the beast can only bellow;  In fact, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tenor's voice is spoilt by affectation, And for the bass, the beast can only bellow;  In fact, he had no singing education,   An ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4646]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45406]]></link><description><![CDATA[I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's not growing, it's going to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21633]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's not growing, it's going to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!  . . . .   Endless torments ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!  . . . .   Endless torments dwell above thee:    Yet who would live, and live without thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47442]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we must abandon the notion that democratic government can be the direct expression of the will of the people. We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilizations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern. We must say that the popular will does not direct continuously but that it intervenes occasionally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35163]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sister's expecting a baby and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57595]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sister's expecting a baby and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37650]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37650</guid></item></channel></rss>