<?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[The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love that of children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love that of children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thus of all my harvest-hope I have Nought reaped but a weedye crop of care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18767]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thus of all my harvest-hope I have Nought reaped but a weedye crop of care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls; Who, when he had found one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls; Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The throne of another is not stable for thee. [Lat., Alieno in loco  Haud stabile regnum est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The throne of another is not stable for thee. [Lat., Alieno in loco  Haud stabile regnum est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44863]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best fishing in troubled waters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Best fishing in troubled waters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51387]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of recorded time,   And all our yesterdays have lighted fools    The way to dusty death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you think is wholesome, you may say "you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12997]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad company by doing so."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That might be an omen that I need to leave whatever I brought from there and just start completely over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40549]]></link><description><![CDATA[That might be an omen that I need to leave whatever I brought from there and just start completely over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,  Await alike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,  Await alike th' inevitable hour,   The paths of glory lead but to the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When at the close of each sad, sorrowing day, Fancy restores what vengeance snatch'd away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15285]]></link><description><![CDATA[When at the close of each sad, sorrowing day, Fancy restores what vengeance snatch'd away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53475]]></link><description><![CDATA[His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57276]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's delays are not God's denials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21624]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's delays are not God's denials.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for- because unless we stand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for- because unless we stand for something we shall fall for anything]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were horrified. They were asking what it was, and we were saying, 'Sadly it's probably ill,' and you're trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28956]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were horrified. They were asking what it was, and we were saying, 'Sadly it's probably ill,' and you're trying to make it as light as you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must be pruned and the plant kept close to its proper soil- experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They didn't want to include that provision in the original document because they were afraid it would deter sales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37239]]></link><description><![CDATA[They didn't want to include that provision in the original document because they were afraid it would deter sales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65591]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They did the little boy turkey named Art... chokeand then served his dead body with artichokes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/266]]></link><description><![CDATA[They did the little boy turkey named Art... chokeand then served his dead body with artichokes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50892]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil and good are God's right hand and left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil and good are God's right hand and left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12053]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56068]]></link><description><![CDATA[One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though old and wise, yet still advise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though old and wise, yet still advise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14706]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at once the ability AND the inclination of the mind to find knowledge, to pursue understanding, and out of knowledge and understanding, not out of received attitudes and values or emotional responses, however "worthy," to make judgments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of almost unlimited extension in all directions. Christians should seek for inner enlargement till their outward dimension gives no hint of the vastness within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is but a flower,Which wrinkles will devour;Brightness falls from the air;Queens have died young and fair;Dust hath closed Helen's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is but a flower,Which wrinkles will devour;Brightness falls from the air;Queens have died young and fair;Dust hath closed Helen's eye.I am sick, I must die;Lord have mercy on us. - Song in Time of Pestilence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shape of Things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Shape of Things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest catalyst, if one occurs at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28349]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest catalyst, if one occurs at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie mou'!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the things the business people in the rich world wanted, they got in the Uruguay Round. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the things the business people in the rich world wanted, they got in the Uruguay Round.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. This was rejected by the trade union which prevented them from endorsing or accepting the rest of the offer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24299]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy votive train of girls and boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354</guid></item></channel></rss>