<?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[Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First master the fundamentals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13757]]></link><description><![CDATA[First master the fundamentals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is politically defined as economic "planning" is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by government officials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47188]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is politically defined as economic "planning" is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by government officials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real secret of success is enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real secret of success is enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24272]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The alligator's popular, ... We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37958]]></link><description><![CDATA[The alligator's popular, ... We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. [Lat., Imago animi vultus est, indices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. [Lat., Imago animi vultus est, indices oculi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29878]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of the meetings is to get community input regarding the management plan for the river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of the meetings is to get community input regarding the management plan for the river.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the life of Christ is every way most bitter to nature and the Self and the Me (for in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the life of Christ is every way most bitter to nature and the Self and the Me (for in the true life of Christ, the Self and the Me and nature must be forsaken and lost and die altogether), therefore in each of us, nature hath a deep horror of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["He shall not die, by God," cried by uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit which flew up to heaven's chancery with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58481]]></link><description><![CDATA["He shall not die, by God," cried by uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in: and the Recording Angel as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the land. The land is you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21256]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the land. The land is you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. -Mickey Mantle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24945]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. -Mickey Mantle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great fishpond (the sea). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great fishpond (the sea).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was glad she was done hitting me, but I didn't want her to hit anyone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42588]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was glad she was done hitting me, but I didn't want her to hit anyone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing on earth divine except humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19980]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're delighted with the quality of all submissions. We are committed to publishing as many new voices as possible. Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're delighted with the quality of all submissions. We are committed to publishing as many new voices as possible. Our main focus is commercial entertainment. We don't focus on category, or any specialty beyond entertaining audiences with fresh voices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good nature without prudence, is foolishness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good nature without prudence, is foolishness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23009]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is a man's invention and his hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that they'll learn to put different meanings with certain words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39242]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that they'll learn to put different meanings with certain words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An animal will always look for a person's intentions by looking them right in the eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14841]]></link><description><![CDATA[An animal will always look for a person's intentions by looking them right in the eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17646]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20180]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life there are meetings which seem Like a fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26813]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life there are meetings which seem Like a fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41058]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to call up somebody in the community to help out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to call up somebody in the community to help out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See I think drugs have done some good things for us, I really do, and if you don't believe drugs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13022]]></link><description><![CDATA[See I think drugs have done some good things for us, I really do, and if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor: go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your cds and burn 'em. 'cause you know the musicians who made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years.... rrrrrrrrreal f**kin high on drugs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art. [Lat., Aegri quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art. [Lat., Aegri quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla medicina est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inward rest... gives an air of leisure to [Christ's] crowded life: above all, there is in this Man a secret ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inward rest... gives an air of leisure to [Christ's] crowded life: above all, there is in this Man a secret and a power of dealing with the waste-products of life, the waste of pain, disappointment, enmity, death -- turning to divine uses the abuses of man, transforming arid places of pain to fruitfulness, triumphing at last in death, and making a short life of thirty years or so, abruptly cut off, to be a "finished" life. We cannot admire the poise and beauty of this human life, and then ignore the things that made it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57562]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging and wiving go by destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging and wiving go by destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64635]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64635</guid></item></channel></rss>