<?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 people who have really made history are the martyrs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53690]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who have really made history are the martyrs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam  Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  [John Bunyan] had to live through that obscure night -- "wide, vast, and lonely" -- which fell upon St. John of the Cross before; like him, he knew that grace would enter "the dark caverns where the senses live". In the meantime, Bunyan tossed to and fro, as it were between heaven and hell. It has been said that he paints too dark a picture of his moral condition when a young man, that he exaggerates his wickedness at this period, and afterwards wrestles with phantoms of his vivid imagination. But spiritual sins, though not so obvious as those that are sensual, may be just as real; and Bunyan's intensity of feeling and expression arose from the intensity of his spiritual nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25238]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life has been a series of emergencies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65260]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life has been a series of emergencies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58907]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eyes have one language every where. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49842]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eyes have one language every where.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing a lot of these. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34395]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing a lot of these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won the MASCAC every year I played at Salem State. Those were really good times. We went to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We won the MASCAC every year I played at Salem State. Those were really good times. We went to the Division III Sweet 16 twice while I was there. I also broke my own rebounding record twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principal part of faith is patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principal part of faith is patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I played a lot of character parts in school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I played a lot of character parts in school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having nothing, nothing can he lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having nothing, nothing can he lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last night we heard that someone got robbed right down the street, on Spottswood right down here. That's about all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last night we heard that someone got robbed right down the street, on Spottswood right down here. That's about all I've heard of, besides people walking around breaking into cars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that serves well needes not ask his wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49393]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that serves well needes not ask his wages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5315]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took some precautions in case the court would want to visualize the real situation on the ground. Before the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31007]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took some precautions in case the court would want to visualize the real situation on the ground. Before the demolition, we took video footages and pictures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10503]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins  The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,   Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is a gift of the universe -- even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is a gift of the universe -- even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you wassmiling. Live your life so that when you die, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53691]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you wassmiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're smiling andeveryone around you is crying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None so deaf as those who will not hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18981]]></link><description><![CDATA[None so deaf as those who will not hear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43512]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi,   And something from "Palpiti!"    Sing forte when first you begin it,     Piano the very next minute,      They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"       Don't sing English ballads to me!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20381]]></link><description><![CDATA[When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55744]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58375]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51642]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shows like 'CSI' are teaching people that without forensic evidence you can't convict anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shows like 'CSI' are teaching people that without forensic evidence you can't convict anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't like to think of anyone eating them, but we know that happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't like to think of anyone eating them, but we know that happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bill is completely ignoring the economic, political and social reality of the United States. Immigrants have been and will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37759]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bill is completely ignoring the economic, political and social reality of the United States. Immigrants have been and will continue to be an integral part of the country's social fabric.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dances Under the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dances Under the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows;  Old fold and young together, and children mingled among them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boat was overturned, just floating upside down in the water. All the safety gear, paddles, vests, were along the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boat was overturned, just floating upside down in the water. All the safety gear, paddles, vests, were along the shore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27732]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own. - Oscar Firkins: Memoirs and Letters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vine and the GoatA vine was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes. A Goat, passing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vine and the GoatA vine was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes. A Goat, passing by, nibbled its young tendrils and its leaves. The Vine addressed him and said: Why do you thus injure me without a cause, and crop my leaves? Is there no young grass left? But I shall not have to wait long for my just revenge; for if you now should crop my leaves, and cut me down to my root, I shall provide the wine to pour over you when you are led as a victim to the sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15570]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/145]]></link><description><![CDATA[What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face?  How shall I charm the interval that lowers   Between this time and that sweet time of grace?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild oats make a bad autumn crop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blame is safer than praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blame is safer than praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23199]]></link><description><![CDATA[So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to talk about pride, I'm so proud that Fredericksburg could bring this quality of entertainment to town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35431]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to talk about pride, I'm so proud that Fredericksburg could bring this quality of entertainment to town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64652]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one, the fish will be found. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one, the fish will be found.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. [Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4139]]></link><description><![CDATA[A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. [Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest of happiness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54480</guid></item></channel></rss>