<?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[When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21195]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very important moment in Gibraltar's history -- 300 years of being British, which is rather longer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42459]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very important moment in Gibraltar's history -- 300 years of being British, which is rather longer than it was ever Spanish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cast not the clouded gem away, Quench not the dim but living ray,--  My brother man, Beware!   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cast not the clouded gem away, Quench not the dim but living ray,--  My brother man, Beware!   With that deep voice which from the skies    Forbade the Patriarch's sacrifice.     God's angel, cries, Forbear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn from your dreams what you lack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn from your dreams what you lack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up. [Motto of Vraibleusia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14624]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up. [Motto of Vraibleusia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring them softness, teach them how to cry. -Joan Baez.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21197]]></link><description><![CDATA[They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person of wisdom is the person of years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person of wisdom is the person of years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All art requires courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3149]]></link><description><![CDATA[All art requires courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After I graduated, I was like, OK, what do I do now? ... And nothing was as great as playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40114]]></link><description><![CDATA[After I graduated, I was like, OK, what do I do now? ... And nothing was as great as playing in a band with R.L. So I just called and said, 'What if I just moved to Kansas City?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is a feeble reed. [Fr., C'est un faible roseau que la prosperite.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is a feeble reed. [Fr., C'est un faible roseau que la prosperite.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saints need sinners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saints need sinners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to screen for ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â whether it's eye color, hair color, trivial issues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must go in, the fog is rising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15241]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must go in, the fog is rising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed; Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59648]]></link><description><![CDATA[The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed; Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod,  Than be true to Church and State while we are doubly false to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We find comfort among those who agree with us-growthamong those who don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22396]]></link><description><![CDATA[We find comfort among those who agree with us-growthamong those who don't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs. [Lat., Suus quoque attributus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs. [Lat., Suus quoque attributus est error:  Sed non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the little bird say so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17891]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the little bird say so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890   It is our great relief that God is not extreme to mark what is done amiss, that he looks at the motives, and accepts and blesses in spite of incidental errors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14773]]></link><description><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The giving of love is an education in itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63403]]></link><description><![CDATA[The giving of love is an education in itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, whenever I see thee, thirst, and holding the cup, apply it to my lips more for thy sake than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, whenever I see thee, thirst, and holding the cup, apply it to my lips more for thy sake than for drinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52130]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Cloten:) Thou villain base, Know'st me not by my clothes?  (Guiderius:) No, nor thy tailor, rascal,   Who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2757]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Cloten:) Thou villain base, Know'st me not by my clothes?  (Guiderius:) No, nor thy tailor, rascal,   Who is thy grandfather. He made those clothes,    Which, as it seems, make thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. [Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. [Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27231]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of his color I say that philosophy has never saved anyone. When someone else strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men I say that intelligence has never saved anyone: and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47056]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48163]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61857]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8786]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work;  And nothing pleaseth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19575]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work;  And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always admire what you really don't understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/598]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always admire what you really don't understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:  The word by seers or sibyls told, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:  The word by seers or sibyls told,   In groves of oak or fanes of gold,    Still floats upon the morning wind,     Still whispers to the willing mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you put a dog on a chain, it's going to get aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37264]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you put a dog on a chain, it's going to get aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking men cannot be ruled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking men cannot be ruled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought not to forget that the whole Church, quite as much as any part of it, exists for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7087]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought not to forget that the whole Church, quite as much as any part of it, exists for the sole reason of finally becoming superfluous. Of heaven St. John the Divine said, "I saw no temple therein.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46341]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46341</guid></item></channel></rss>