<?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[No man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56029]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3715]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/970]]></link><description><![CDATA[You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.- Kahlil Gibran.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Light Up My Life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39326]]></link><description><![CDATA[You Light Up My Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6059]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart is ever at your service, my lord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55225]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart is ever at your service, my lord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea,   Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches you and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea,   Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches you and me: A little while and we shall be - Please God -- where there is no more sea    Nor barren wilderness. Heaven overarches you and me,   And all earth's gardens and her braves.  Look up with me, until we see  The day break and the shadows flee.  What though to-night wrecks you and me,     If so to-morrow saves?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2385]]></link><description><![CDATA[America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43669]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61487]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32723]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents can't get home from work in time to watch their children play, and kids who'd like to play don't get a chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bet your parents were proud of you, ... Even now, he has a bumper sticker on his truck showing off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bet your parents were proud of you, ... Even now, he has a bumper sticker on his truck showing off about collecting beer cans. Imagine. I have the beer can husband.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just felt like what we were doing would be appreciated by someone else. We've enjoyed it, but it's nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just felt like what we were doing would be appreciated by someone else. We've enjoyed it, but it's nice to pass it on and not just put it away in a drawer somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you know, I loved you then, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you know, I loved you then, I guess I always will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's impressed. He continues to take steps forward in his development, and we're excited about the progress he's made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31654]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's impressed. He continues to take steps forward in his development, and we're excited about the progress he's made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, and daughters sometimes run off with the butler ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, and daughters sometimes run off with the butler]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14414]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way,  That private reason 'tis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12633]]></link><description><![CDATA[And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way,  That private reason 'tis more just to curb,   Than by disputes the public peace disturb;    For points obscure are of small use to learn,     But common quiet is mankind's concern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  Groups that require little of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  Groups that require little of their membership count for little outside of their membership. Real spiritual capacity requires at least as much concentration and training as learning to play a musical instrument. Nobody has ever drifted into a genuine Christian experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very large hurricane, a very powerful hurricane. Wherever you have the eye of this system, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40857]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very large hurricane, a very powerful hurricane. Wherever you have the eye of this system, you are going to have a potentially catastrophic disaster there. This is the worst-case scenario for a hurricane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six months later, when it becomes the generic company Wild West show, the price tends to drop to about 20 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Six months later, when it becomes the generic company Wild West show, the price tends to drop to about 20 percent of the [branded] price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8971]]></link><description><![CDATA[I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has the same meaning. Mitch do you like submarine sandwhiches? All-encompassingly...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment. •Bible   Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. •Gaelic Proverb   There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. •Gilbert K. Chesterton   If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. •Arabian Proverb   The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. •Benjamin Franklin   See with your mind, hear with your heart. •Kurdish Proverb   Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. •David Hare   Were it not for hope the heart would break.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1171]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and maybe everyone is just happy to get off the ice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your best foot forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your best foot forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1674]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever you go, go with all your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66450]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14383]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entire water of sea can't sink a ship,unless it gets inside the ship . Similarly negativity of world can't put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entire water of sea can't sink a ship,unless it gets inside the ship . Similarly negativity of world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we were back of seven, eight years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lyric sound of laughter Fills all the April hills  The joy-song of the crocus,   The mirth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2990]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lyric sound of laughter Fills all the April hills  The joy-song of the crocus,   The mirth of daffodils.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn. [Sp., Como el hacer mal viene ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn. [Sp., Como el hacer mal viene de natural cosecha, facilmente se aprende el hacerle.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give no bounties:  make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give no bounties:  make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27203]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is far more often a shield than a lance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is far more often a shield than a lance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61801</guid></item></channel></rss>