<?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[Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14558]]></link><description><![CDATA[As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes: any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be right or you can be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22351]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be right or you can be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13632]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haven't you ever been using an operating system and said, 'Well, that's stupid, why do the menus look like that?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Haven't you ever been using an operating system and said, 'Well, that's stupid, why do the menus look like that?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22876]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."   - Thomas Carlyle,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He holds a lot of promise, and I look forward to him joining us on January 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35072]]></link><description><![CDATA[He holds a lot of promise, and I look forward to him joining us on January 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear follows crime, and is its punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9623]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet.  Answers sometimes are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet.  Answers sometimes are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9805]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:  But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts   Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;    Himself his own dungeon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Portia:) A quarrel ho! already! What's the matter? (Gratiano:) About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring  That she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17786]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Portia:) A quarrel ho! already! What's the matter? (Gratiano:) About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring  That she did give me, whose posy was   For all the world like cutler's poetry    Upon a knife--'Love me, and leave me not.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweetest Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell,  By slow Meander's margent green,   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweetest Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell,  By slow Meander's margent green,   And in the violet-embroidered vale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites. [Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites. [Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--  One meal a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--  One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,   Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain,    The poorer and the baser you appear,     The more you look through still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War challenges virtually every other institution of society--the justice and equity of its economy, the adequacy of its political systems, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61199]]></link><description><![CDATA[War challenges virtually every other institution of society--the justice and equity of its economy, the adequacy of its political systems, the energy of its productive plant, the bases, wisdom and purposes of its foreign policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51053]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17636]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the dusk a shadow, Then a spark;  Out of the cloud a silence,   Then a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the dusk a shadow, Then a spark;  Out of the cloud a silence,   Then a lark;    Out of the heart a rapture,     Then a pain;      Out of the dead, cold ashes,       Life again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to sit down with this guy and ask him why he did it. It might have to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35578]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to sit down with this guy and ask him why he did it. It might have to do with him being a veterinarian and not a physician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63659]]></link><description><![CDATA[We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, naturally, I'm Sean Michael Thomas or whatever his name is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, naturally, I'm Sean Michael Thomas or whatever his name is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even; A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even; A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune favors the brave. [Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune favors the brave. [Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one should be left behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34205]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one should be left behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm at my wits end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50989]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm at my wits end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds-- The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband an' 'e gives 'er all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds-- The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband an' 'e gives 'er all she needs;  But, oh, the little cargo-boats, that sail the wet seas roun',   They're just the same as you an' me, a'-plyin' up an' down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16944]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10877]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23103]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that when they talk about quality of health care, patients mean something entirely different than experts do. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that when they talk about quality of health care, patients mean something entirely different than experts do. They're not talking about numbers or outcomes but about their own human experience, which is a combination of cost, paperwork and what I'll call the hassle factor, the impersonal nature of the care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of them had done things that really, really stun you when you hear about them. Nothing would ever be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of them had done things that really, really stun you when you hear about them. Nothing would ever be considered a breakthrough unless it first seemed a little ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is all nouns and verbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is all nouns and verbs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God's thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God's thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is sweeter than life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is sweeter than life itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother understands what a child does not say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27090]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother understands what a child does not say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between cause and effect. [Fr., Entre le bon sens et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between cause and effect. [Fr., Entre le bon sens et le bon gout il y a la difference de la cause a son effet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the verb "To Love"..."To Help" is the most beautiful verb in the world. -Bertha Von Suttner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55244]]></link><description><![CDATA[After the verb "To Love"..."To Help" is the most beautiful verb in the world. -Bertha Von Suttner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58417]]></link><description><![CDATA[All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected. [Lat., Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundae magis sunt, nescio quomodo,  Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis;   Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's a feeling that there but for the grace of God, these sort of problems could easily happen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31385]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's a feeling that there but for the grace of God, these sort of problems could easily happen to your own children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our grandmother, try to obtain knowledge that you may be strengthened in life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46670</guid></item></channel></rss>