<?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[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912   Avoid idleness, and fill up all the spaces of thy time with severe and useful employment: for lust easily creeps in at those emptinesses where the soul is unemployed and the body is at ease; no easy, healthful, idle person was ever chaste if he could be tempted; but of all employments, bodily labour is the most useful, and of the greatest benefit for driving away the Devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It adds a precious seeing to the eye. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55495]]></link><description><![CDATA[It adds a precious seeing to the eye. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4476]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose the bolder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812   Relieve and comfort all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812   Relieve and comfort all the persecuted and afflicted; speak peace to troubled consciences; strengthen the weak; confirm the strong; instruct the ignorant; deliver the oppressed from him that spoileth him; and relieve the needy that hath no helper; and bring us all, by the waters of comfort, and in the ways of righteousness, to the kingdom of rest and glory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19965]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, why wasn't it done the other way?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's unbelievable . . . As I told Martha's people, the marathon event is as hot as it's ever been, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35344]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's unbelievable . . . As I told Martha's people, the marathon event is as hot as it's ever been, and very popular among people of all abilities. Having someone like Martha involved is great for the sport and great for her company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48147]]></link><description><![CDATA[No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the practice began at Maple Creek, and historically we had the greatest number of parents stay overnight at that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39776]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the practice began at Maple Creek, and historically we had the greatest number of parents stay overnight at that school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an increase, but it's not a huge increase. It's still in line with other (area) marinas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31710]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an increase, but it's not a huge increase. It's still in line with other (area) marinas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60128]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm pretty hopeful that the public will be favorable to it this time because we have had some comments that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty hopeful that the public will be favorable to it this time because we have had some comments that the lily pads are getting to be too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52636]]></link><description><![CDATA[To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have betterroad maps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21979]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have betterroad maps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41088]]></link><description><![CDATA[My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sick LionA lion, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sick LionA lion, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice. He returned to his den, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known. The beasts expressed their sorrow, and came one by one to his den, where the Lion devoured them. After many of the beasts had thus disappeared, the Fox discovered the trick and presenting himself to the Lion, stood on the outside of the cave, at a respectful distance, and asked him how he was. I am very middling, replied the Lion, but why do you stand without? Pray enter within to talk with me. No, thank you, said the Fox. I notice that there are many prints of feet entering your cave, but I see no trace of any returning. He is wise who is warned by the misfortunes of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we must not correct too much]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I know no South, no North, no East, no West, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45771]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take that life, beseech you, Which I so often owe; but your ring first,  And here the bracelet of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take that life, beseech you, Which I so often owe; but your ring first,  And here the bracelet of the truest princess   That ever swore her faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The governor has put her finger directly on the most critical needs in Puget Sound with this initiative. The additional ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30389]]></link><description><![CDATA[The governor has put her finger directly on the most critical needs in Puget Sound with this initiative. The additional funds she is proposing will accelerate some of the highest priority actions on the ground, while the new public-private partnership will build the broader coalition needed to safeguard the future of this great natural area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15564]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; what an uncertain Measure would this be! one Chancellor has a long Foot, another a short Foot, a Third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same thing in the Chancellor's Conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47334]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competitiveness has been a big thing for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competitiveness has been a big thing for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families are about love overcoming emotional torture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The high note is not the only thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The high note is not the only thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Apes and the Two Travelers TWO MEN, one who always spoke the truth and the other who toldnothing but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1506]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Apes and the Two Travelers TWO MEN, one who always spoke the truth and the other who toldnothing but lies, were traveling together and by chance came tothe land of Apes. One of the Apes, who had raised himself to beking, commanded them to be seized and brought before him, that hemight know what was said of him among men. He ordered at thesame time that all the Apes be arranged in a long row on hisright hand and on his left, and that a throne be placed for him,as was the custom among men. After these preparations hesignified that the two men should be brought before him, andgreeted them with this salutation: What sort of a king do I seemto you to be, O strangers?' The Lying Traveler replied, You seemto me a most mighty king. And what is your estimate of thoseyou see around me?' These, he made answer, are worthycompanions of yourself, fit at least to be ambassadors andleaders of armies. The Ape and all his court, gratified with thelie, commanded that a handsome present be given to the flatterer. On this the truthful Traveler thought to himself, If so great areward be given for a lie, with what gift may not I be rewarded,if, according to my custom, I tell the truth?' The Ape quicklyturned to him. And pray how do I and these my friends around meseem to you?' Thou art, he said, a most excellent Ape, and allthese thy companions after thy example are excellent Apes too.The King of the Apes, enraged at hearing these truths, gave himover to the teeth and claws of his companions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As two floating planks meet and part on the sea, O friend! so I met and then drifted from thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26805]]></link><description><![CDATA[As two floating planks meet and part on the sea, O friend! so I met and then drifted from thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63657]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our suppliers have access to what's moving and what our customers are doing, this is to their advantage. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31377]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our suppliers have access to what's moving and what our customers are doing, this is to their advantage. They can anticipate demand a lot better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They come to see and be seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50786]]></link><description><![CDATA[They come to see and be seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen it on every line, on almost every train. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen it on every line, on almost every train.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can observe a lot just by watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44778]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can observe a lot just by watching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young people need models, not critics... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young people need models, not critics...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And eternity's despair!    And they heart the words it said--     Pan is dead! great Pan is dead!      Pan, Pan is dead!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59526]]></link><description><![CDATA[What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44223]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NBC in Madison should have been more concerned. I don't think at all that it's a fair depiction of Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39295]]></link><description><![CDATA[NBC in Madison should have been more concerned. I don't think at all that it's a fair depiction of Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would pay thousands of dollars ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would pay thousands of dollars]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27347</guid></item></channel></rss>