<?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 real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't even know their last name, but we know they have lost everything, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42181]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't even know their last name, but we know they have lost everything,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56683]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12450]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10137]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What is a church?"--Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8672]]></link><description><![CDATA["What is a church?"--Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47449]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rose, what is become of thy delicate hue? And where is the violet's beautiful blue?  Does aught of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rose, what is become of thy delicate hue? And where is the violet's beautiful blue?  Does aught of its sweetness the blossom beguile?   That meadow, those daisies, why do they not smile?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5674]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55586]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not lack strength; they lack will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61626]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not lack strength; they lack will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33134]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years and I believe Alan's wealth of experience should be of great value to our Academy in advancing the many exciting initiatives we have for the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People need to have the ability to take care of themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39850]]></link><description><![CDATA[People need to have the ability to take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: "Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52828]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solon wished everybody to be ready to take everybody else's part; but surely Chilo was wiser in holding that public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solon wished everybody to be ready to take everybody else's part; but surely Chilo was wiser in holding that public affairs go best when the laws have much attention and the orators none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55766]]></link><description><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63427]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46551]]></link><description><![CDATA[A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Builders are using every nook and cranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Builders are using every nook and cranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot give thee less, to be called grateful. Thou thought'st to help me, and such thanks I give  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot give thee less, to be called grateful. Thou thought'st to help me, and such thanks I give  As one near death to those that wish him live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well rooted. Because if it means anything it means the in-sanctity of species which are not human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult not to write satire. [Lat., Difficile est satiram non scribere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54706]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult not to write satire. [Lat., Difficile est satiram non scribere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3074]]></link><description><![CDATA[You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43632]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea is salvation by imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54666]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea is salvation by imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65723]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a small star shines in the darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a small star shines in the darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan on still St. Mary's lake Float double, swan and shadow! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58467]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan on still St. Mary's lake Float double, swan and shadow!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colby had a good game, and that was big for him, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colby had a good game, and that was big for him,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our own in-house experiments, she couldn't get out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37733]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our own in-house experiments, she couldn't get out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His heroism, patriotism and service to the country are something we all need to see as a role model. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29145]]></link><description><![CDATA[His heroism, patriotism and service to the country are something we all need to see as a role model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glowing Ruby should adorn Those who in warm July are born,  Then will they be exempt and free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glowing Ruby should adorn Those who in warm July are born,  Then will they be exempt and free   From love's doubt and anxiety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23249</guid></item></channel></rss>