<?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[In Venice, Tass's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier;  Her palaces are crumbling to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60478]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Venice, Tass's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier;  Her palaces are crumbling to the shore,   And music meets not always now the ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though "the commandments of God be not grievous", yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weavethe web of life; he is merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weavethe web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web,he does to himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30141]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational;  But he, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational;  But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,   And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask--Thou smilest and art still,  Out-topping knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask--Thou smilest and art still,  Out-topping knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said each day, he wants to work as hard as Dan did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32435]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said each day, he wants to work as hard as Dan did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been all things unholy; if God can work through me, He can workthrough anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21129]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been all things unholy; if God can work through me, He can workthrough anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heednever take advantage of the things you neednever let yourself be overcome by greedwalk the straight and narrow and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heednever take advantage of the things you neednever let yourself be overcome by greedwalk the straight and narrow and you shall succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,  The water is held in its arms  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,  The water is held in its arms   And the sky is held in the water.    What is water,     That pours silver,      And can hold the sky?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34212]]></link><description><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad news. When they flip on the TV, they want to get AWAY from their problems, not hear about people getting thrown overboard tied to their boat anchor or working out so they can strangle innocent kids faster and better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But through the heart Should Jealousy its venom once diffuse,  'Tis then delightful misery no more,   But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23174]]></link><description><![CDATA[But through the heart Should Jealousy its venom once diffuse,  'Tis then delightful misery no more,   But agony unmix'd, incessant gall,    Corroding every thought, and blasting all     Love's paradise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his desperate need for something to hold onto.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and science have their meeting point in method. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art and science have their meeting point in method.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38537]]></link><description><![CDATA[For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My figure ... never felt like an asset until I started dancing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32613]]></link><description><![CDATA[My figure ... never felt like an asset until I started dancing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If these few meters are not a problem, as they say, why don't they go back to the June 4, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29889]]></link><description><![CDATA[If these few meters are not a problem, as they say, why don't they go back to the June 4, 1967, line?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56181]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was thinking about leaving here, but not because of Fred, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thinking about leaving here, but not because of Fred,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59951]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd say the chances are about 50-50 that humanity will be extinct or nearly extinct within 50 years. Weapons of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17521]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd say the chances are about 50-50 that humanity will be extinct or nearly extinct within 50 years. Weapons of mass destruction, disease, I mean this global warming is scaring the living daylights out of me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43655]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64706]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988  We must confess our sins in order to obtain pardon; but we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988  We must confess our sins in order to obtain pardon; but we must see our sins in order to confess. How few of those who think that they have confessed and been pardoned have ever seen their sin!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This activity has an MHSA-approved scoring system very similar to track and field. Just getting a seat on a varsity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36000]]></link><description><![CDATA[This activity has an MHSA-approved scoring system very similar to track and field. Just getting a seat on a varsity trip is a big accomplishment in our program. To be selected on the state team is a big deal. These kids are the best and brightest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms. [Lat., Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62365]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms. [Lat., Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, et idem  Immemor antiqui vulneris arma capit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49943]]></link><description><![CDATA[The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went back to see the damage and boy was there some damage. The house was totally gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30925]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went back to see the damage and boy was there some damage. The house was totally gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The arrows are from her dowry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The arrows are from her dowry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;  But if for any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;  But if for any wish thou darest not pray,   Then pray to God to cast that wish away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the number of public hospitals continues to decline, the concern remains to what extent non-profit and for-profit hospitals are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33466]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the number of public hospitals continues to decline, the concern remains to what extent non-profit and for-profit hospitals are taking or will take on greater responsibilities as safety net providers, and to what degree their focus is on attracting the healthiest of Medicaid patients, leaving the sickest and costliest patients to the care of the remaining public or major safety net hospitals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33466</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[You will never have anything you don't respect, including lot's of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63219]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will never have anything you don't respect, including lot's of money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7545]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a certainty that the man who unthinkingly accepts things can never reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9583]]></link><description><![CDATA[A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence and what are thou, execrable shape? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence and what are thou, execrable shape?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23832</guid></item></channel></rss>