<?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[It is a priority. In states where the statute calls for victims of crime to retreat, we think that that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29262]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a priority. In states where the statute calls for victims of crime to retreat, we think that that's wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. When I am cold, he heats me with beating; when I am warm, he cools me with beating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guess if you can, choose if you dare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guess if you can, choose if you dare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a long-term perspective, you don't react to every piece of news. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41561]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a long-term perspective, you don't react to every piece of news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44844]]></link><description><![CDATA[They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And not a vanity is given in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60384]]></link><description><![CDATA[And not a vanity is given in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61080]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47590]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61246]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the devil is it that fresh features Have such a charm for us poor human creatures? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48745]]></link><description><![CDATA[How the devil is it that fresh features Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius, the king of Parthia, was a mole-catcher; and Biantes, the Lydian, filed needles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much matter decocted into few words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much matter decocted into few words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55523]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With eyes that look'd into the very soul-- . . . .  Bright--and as black and burning as coal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14829]]></link><description><![CDATA[With eyes that look'd into the very soul-- . . . .  Bright--and as black and burning as coal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers.  It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66120]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers.  It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage.  Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66120</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[If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13947]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fox and the CrowA crow having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1598]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fox and the CrowA crow having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in her beak. A Fox, seeing this, longed to possess the meat himself, and by a wily stratagem succeeded. How handsome is the Crow, he exclaimed, in the beauty of her shape and in the fairness of her complexion! Oh, if her voice were only equal to her beauty, she would deservedly be considered the Queen of Birds! This he said deceitfully; but the Crow, anxious to refute the reflection cast upon her voice, set up a loud caw and dropped the flesh. The Fox quickly picked it up, and thus addressed the Crow: My good Crow, your voice is right enough, but your wit is wanting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27195]]></link><description><![CDATA[They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. There's not a task to mankind given... without a woman in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33284]]></link><description><![CDATA[A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We strongly encourage organizations to promote the Republican message of freedom, security and continued economic growth locally and are interested ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We strongly encourage organizations to promote the Republican message of freedom, security and continued economic growth locally and are interested to see the positive results of the chairman's efforts in doing just that,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're brought to us and we revitalize them because they've usually been traumatized by all of this. We then are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31095]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're brought to us and we revitalize them because they've usually been traumatized by all of this. We then are involved in bringing this plant material, which is probably rare and endangered, back into circulation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678  See in the meantime that your faith bringeth forth obedience, and God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678  See in the meantime that your faith bringeth forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10376]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap  Drawn from Earth's prolific lap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap  Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22583]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then I heard this young veteran on TV speaking about the war. It was John Kerry. He put everything I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then I heard this young veteran on TV speaking about the war. It was John Kerry. He put everything I was feeling into words. Tonight, I'd like to let you know, that even before I met John Kerry, he was my brother. Even before I knew John Kerry, he was my friend. Even before I spoke with John Kerry, he gave me hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31991]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39081]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15106]]></link><description><![CDATA[The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long. [It., Non e il mondam romore alro che un fiato  Di vento, che vien quinci et or vien quindi,   E muta nome, perche muta lato.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wee know not who lives or dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wee know not who lives or dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is going to be plenty of good digging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32520]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is going to be plenty of good digging.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This picture, plac'd the busts between Gives Satire all its strength;  Wisdom and Wit are little seen   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14058]]></link><description><![CDATA[This picture, plac'd the busts between Gives Satire all its strength;  Wisdom and Wit are little seen   While Folly glares at length.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With this new structure, we will not only focus accountability but focus our company, which will help us compete in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30437]]></link><description><![CDATA[With this new structure, we will not only focus accountability but focus our company, which will help us compete in a very dynamic marketplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12745]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suffer and expect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suffer and expect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know what's happening in Buffalo or Rochester or Binghamton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever yet became great by imitation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20578]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever yet became great by imitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56315]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not what I once was. [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not what I once was. [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30990</guid></item></channel></rss>