<?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[He didn't hurt me. He gave me a chin check. I felt one of his hardest punches and it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36390]]></link><description><![CDATA[He didn't hurt me. He gave me a chin check. I felt one of his hardest punches and it was nothing. In fact, it got me mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61680]]></link><description><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yee have many strings to your bowe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yee have many strings to your bowe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let still the woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let still the woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart: For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, or both negotiate their differences and create a greater partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47244]]></link><description><![CDATA[What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said to the brown, brown thrush: "Hush, hush!  Through the wood's full strains I hear   Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said to the brown, brown thrush: "Hush, hush!  Through the wood's full strains I hear   Thy monotone deep and clear,    Like a sound amid sounds most fine."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven for the lazy, but we allow eight to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12460]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single death is a tragedy,a million deaths is a statistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11385]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single death is a tragedy,a million deaths is a statistic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we'd save a lot of money by hiring our own engineer. In fact, I know we would. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we'd save a lot of money by hiring our own engineer. In fact, I know we would.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn: But my kisses bring again, bring again; Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain. -Measure for Measure. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2623]]></link><description><![CDATA[When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fare ye well, and give us your applause. [Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fare ye well, and give us your applause. [Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47185]]></link><description><![CDATA[If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ricky was "L" but he's home with the flu,Lizzie, our "O," had some homework to do,Mitchell, "E" prob'ly got lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ricky was "L" but he's home with the flu,Lizzie, our "O," had some homework to do,Mitchell, "E" prob'ly got lost on the way,So I'm all of the love that could make it today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome;  Stiff in opinions, always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48953]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome;  Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.   Was everything by starts, and nothing long;    But in the course of one revolving moon,     Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A picture is a poem without words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45415]]></link><description><![CDATA[A picture is a poem without words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able to say how much love, is love but little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2168]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able to say how much love, is love but little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[False face must hide what the false heart doth know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64688]]></link><description><![CDATA[False face must hide what the false heart doth know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It conflicts directly with the mission of the church to assist people who come to us and are in need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It conflicts directly with the mission of the church to assist people who come to us and are in need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very man--not one of nature's clods-- With human failings, whether saint or sinner:  Endowed perhaps with genius from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13254]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very man--not one of nature's clods-- With human failings, whether saint or sinner:  Endowed perhaps with genius from the gods   But apt to take his temper from his dinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did–in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65720]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did–in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best:  Good husbandry baggeth   Up gold in his chest.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best:  Good husbandry baggeth   Up gold in his chest.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. [Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;  Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42915]]></link><description><![CDATA[He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64542]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence, that common cure of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence, that common cure of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59231]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, theres no knowing where you might be swept off to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26552]]></link><description><![CDATA[With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon Him here,  Blest fishers were; and fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16099]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon Him here,  Blest fishers were; and fish the last   Food was, that He on earth did taste:    I therefore strive to follow those,     Whom He to follow Him hath chose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will be in good shape when the school year begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will be in good shape when the school year begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are now challenging the best in the segment with a very special car. The S80 radiates what we call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35184]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are now challenging the best in the segment with a very special car. The S80 radiates what we call 'Scandinavian Luxury,' clean and elegant lines and intelligent functionality where every single detail has been designed with the user's well being in mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53190</guid></item></channel></rss>