<?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[Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is lonely while eating spaghetti. It requires somuch attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22361]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is lonely while eating spaghetti. It requires somuch attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The three ages of man: youth, middle age, and "You're looking wonderful!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The three ages of man: youth, middle age, and "You're looking wonderful!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See yonder little cloud, that, borne aloft So tenderly by the wind, floats fast away  Over the snowy peaks! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8908]]></link><description><![CDATA[See yonder little cloud, that, borne aloft So tenderly by the wind, floats fast away  Over the snowy peaks!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got in there and I could not talk. I literally couldn't speak, just nightmare-froze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41894]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got in there and I could not talk. I literally couldn't speak, just nightmare-froze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23571]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always reinventing music, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41403]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always reinventing music,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What mighty contests rise from trivial things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What mighty contests rise from trivial things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[we fork ourselves to death with the tines with which wespear the muscles of innocent animals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2649]]></link><description><![CDATA[we fork ourselves to death with the tines with which wespear the muscles of innocent animals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 From subtle love of softening things, From easy choices, weakenings, (Not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 From subtle love of softening things, From easy choices, weakenings, (Not thus are spirits fortified; Not this way went the Crucified;) From all that dims Thy Calvary, 0 Lamb of God, deliver me. Give me the love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay, The hope no disappointments tire, The passion that will burn like fire; Let me not sink to be a clod: Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole sport is odd, but within the sport it's even an odd kind of race because of the fact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole sport is odd, but within the sport it's even an odd kind of race because of the fact that it seems so difficult. Those who do it seem to love it and embrace it. Others kind of look askance on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist He is my Altar, I His holy place; I am His guest, and He my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist He is my Altar, I His holy place; I am His guest, and He my living food; I'm His by penitence, He is mine by grace; I'm His by purchase, He is mine by blood; He's my supporting elm, and I His vine: Thus I my Best-beloved's am; thus He is mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I gave up my room on 34th St. because I had too many young callers who were unwelcome... For this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I gave up my room on 34th St. because I had too many young callers who were unwelcome... For this reason please don't tell them where I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men talk of "finding God," but no wonder it is difficult; He is hidden in that darkest hiding-place, your heart. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men talk of "finding God," but no wonder it is difficult; He is hidden in that darkest hiding-place, your heart. You yourself are a part of Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel she needs opposition. She's served the city well, but I think at some point you may need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35754]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel she needs opposition. She's served the city well, but I think at some point you may need to revisit that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent works, genius creates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent works, genius creates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many waies to fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49945]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many waies to fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63826]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linnets . . . sit On the dead tree, a dull despondent flock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Linnets . . . sit On the dead tree, a dull despondent flock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very emphasis of the commandment: Thou shalt not kill, makes it certain that we are descended from an endlessly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43410]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very emphasis of the commandment: Thou shalt not kill, makes it certain that we are descended from an endlessly long chain of generations of murderers, whose love of murder was in their blood as it is perhaps also in ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auspicious Hope! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Auspicious Hope! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is very fond of him and he still holds a candle for her. You could say that the calls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34824]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is very fond of him and he still holds a candle for her. You could say that the calls were of sexual nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[When we filmed Animal House, I] found John [Belushi] astonishingly shy and vulnerable. Rather than being a confident established star, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39462]]></link><description><![CDATA[[When we filmed Animal House, I] found John [Belushi] astonishingly shy and vulnerable. Rather than being a confident established star, he seemed nervous about meeting everyone, about fitting in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy France! Unhappy King! [Fr., Malheureuse France! Malheureux roi!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy France! Unhappy King! [Fr., Malheureuse France! Malheureux roi!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2966]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29878]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now our fate from unmomentous things, may rise like rivers out of little springs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11324]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now our fate from unmomentous things, may rise like rivers out of little springs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18694]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,  And never going aright, being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,  And never going aright, being a watch,   But being watched that it may still go right!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ordered him to drop the knife, and he just kept backpedaling. Then he lunged at an officer, who had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32913]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ordered him to drop the knife, and he just kept backpedaling. Then he lunged at an officer, who had to step back to avoid being stabbed in the chest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo  and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo  and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul   In his opinion the leaders of the Church had grown so used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul   In his opinion the leaders of the Church had grown so used to the spectacle of the world neglecting the wisdom of Christ that they had ceased to be shocked by it and what was wanted was a renewal of the apostolic spirit among cardinals and archbishops and papal nuncios. It was no use preaching the gospel only to those who came to church to hear it. The gospel ought to be preached to those who didn't want to hear it as well: to industrialists in their offices, to clubmen in their windows, to workers in their yards and factories, to bibbers in their taverns, to harlots in their doorways, to all those should the sweet tidings of Christ be taught. It was a sorry matter for reflection that it was only heretics who dared to brave the sneers of the mob by crying aloud the Name of Jesus at street corners and in the market place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. •Otto Von Bismarck  Peace with a club in hand is war. •Portuguese Proverb   The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. •Bernard Mannes Baruch  The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. •Chinese Proverb   Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endure the present, and watch for better things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endure the present, and watch for better things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody is going to have to step in and take the load. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody is going to have to step in and take the load.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy lips which spake wrong counsel, I kiss close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy lips which spake wrong counsel, I kiss close.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55793]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22318</guid></item></channel></rss>