<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I think the moment we saw the flag rising was the one we did not allow ourselves to even imagine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the moment we saw the flag rising was the one we did not allow ourselves to even imagine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51052]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63164]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46135]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the dust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19151]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, peace, and cultural support dedicatedly spending 9 billion dollars a month on helping people would be a formidable enemy of evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57937]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23070]]></link><description><![CDATA[A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the most part he gets all the line calls right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42143]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the most part he gets all the line calls right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Anon -Lord Byron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18720]]></link><description><![CDATA[All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Anon -Lord Byron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44611]]></link><description><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer,   But a few think him pleasant enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cynics are made, not born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynics are made, not born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25704]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66138]]></link><description><![CDATA[A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54162]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[will result in the creation of a powerful base for further development in the sector. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30093]]></link><description><![CDATA[will result in the creation of a powerful base for further development in the sector.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24652]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1368]]></link><description><![CDATA[I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those who denounce what they do themselves.) [Lat., Quis tulerit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those who denounce what they do themselves.) [Lat., Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditone querentes?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710  I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710  I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has the body-fat content of a 20-year-old sprinter, the bone structure of a public monument and the eyes... well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33115]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has the body-fat content of a 20-year-old sprinter, the bone structure of a public monument and the eyes... well, we know about the blue eyes (which happen to be colorblind).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â it's called partnership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â it's called partnership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My windows open to the autumn night, In vain I watched for sleep to visit me, How should sleep dull ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7969]]></link><description><![CDATA[My windows open to the autumn night, In vain I watched for sleep to visit me, How should sleep dull mine ears, and dim my sight, Who saw the stars, and listened to the sea? Ah, how the City of our God is fair! If, without sea, and starless though it be, For joy of the majestic beauty there, Men shall not miss the stars, nor mourn the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All three doubles teams played very well. Our No. 1 doubles (Greg Janssen and Todd Fuller) got off to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33357]]></link><description><![CDATA[All three doubles teams played very well. Our No. 1 doubles (Greg Janssen and Todd Fuller) got off to a slow start but managed to turn the match around when they needed to and came back strong in the second and third set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the last four years they've been saying, 'There's no way it will last for one more game. No way.' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32092]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the last four years they've been saying, 'There's no way it will last for one more game. No way.' But it's still here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66243]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others had contacted her, but these were the two others she seriously considered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others had contacted her, but these were the two others she seriously considered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His influence and popularity among the core constituency of the revolution and the government ... [has put him] in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41306]]></link><description><![CDATA[His influence and popularity among the core constituency of the revolution and the government ... [has put him] in a situation where other figures cannot contradict him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66760]]></link><description><![CDATA[All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33031]]></link><description><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51082]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task to prove--   By firm resolve to conquer love!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All parties will work within the next three days to reach an agreement. We will meet in three days to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36212]]></link><description><![CDATA[All parties will work within the next three days to reach an agreement. We will meet in three days to finalise this issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36212</guid></item></channel></rss>