<?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[Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playboy isn't like the downscale, male bonding, beer-swilling phenomena that is being promoted now by (some men's magazines). My whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Playboy isn't like the downscale, male bonding, beer-swilling phenomena that is being promoted now by (some men's magazines). My whole notion was the romantic connection between male and female.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone As when the Organ's music rolls;  No gold rewards, but song ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone As when the Organ's music rolls;  No gold rewards, but song alone,   The deeds of great and noble souls.    [Ger., Hoch klingt das Lied vom braven Mann,     Wie Orgelton und Glockenklang;      Wer hohes Muths sich ruhmen kann       Den lohnt nicht Gold, den lohnt Gesang.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. [Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. [Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16406]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's always with us. That will never change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31424]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's always with us. That will never change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are always sweeter: Stolen kisses much completer;  Stolen looks are nice in chapels:   Stolen, stolen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are always sweeter: Stolen kisses much completer;  Stolen looks are nice in chapels:   Stolen, stolen be your apples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4787]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes less time to do things right that to explain why you did it wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53752]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes less time to do things right that to explain why you did it wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really proud of what we've done ? and I say we because it's been the coaches and the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38239]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really proud of what we've done ? and I say we because it's been the coaches and the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66651]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The campaigns have done of a lot of the intensive grass-roots work and electronic media ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â radio and TV advertising. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31744]]></link><description><![CDATA[The campaigns have done of a lot of the intensive grass-roots work and electronic media ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â radio and TV advertising. They're clearly generating more interest than we had two years ago, and I think that'll carry through to election day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still working on a number that would give us a high degree of confidence in our sample, but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41840]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still working on a number that would give us a high degree of confidence in our sample, but a minimum would probably be 1,000 samples across the state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without adventure civilization is in full decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2238]]></link><description><![CDATA[To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57412]]></link><description><![CDATA[His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your own star! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your own star!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet marked O where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower,  Before milk-white, now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet marked O where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower,  Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound,   And maidens call it love-in-idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise none too much, for all are fickle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise none too much, for all are fickle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Era of good feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Era of good feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've practiced loving long enough, Let's come at last to hate.  [Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've practiced loving long enough, Let's come at last to hate.  [Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,   Und wollen endlich hassen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still waiting to hear what resources are needed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still waiting to hear what resources are needed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got to bounce back. This game does not end our season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got to bounce back. This game does not end our season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65300]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I struggle with keeping a paycheck. I work and then I don't get to bring much home. I always tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36533]]></link><description><![CDATA[I struggle with keeping a paycheck. I work and then I don't get to bring much home. I always tell people it's a good thing I don't have kids yet, or that's where it would all go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There grewe an aged tree on the greene; A goodly Oake sometime had it bene,  With armes full strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44720]]></link><description><![CDATA[There grewe an aged tree on the greene; A goodly Oake sometime had it bene,  With armes full strong and largely displayed,   But of their leaves they were disarayde    The bodie bigge, and mightely pight,     Thoroughly rooted, and of wond'rous hight;      Whilome had bene the king of the field,       And mochell mast to the husband did yielde,        And with his nuts larded many swine:         But now the gray mosse marred his rine;          His bared boughes were beaten with stormes,           His toppe was bald, and wasted with wormes,            His honour decayed, his brauches sere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging to him is under ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63458]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death my lord, Their clothes are after such a pagan cut to 't  That sure th' have worn out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death my lord, Their clothes are after such a pagan cut to 't  That sure th' have worn out Christendom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44136]]></link><description><![CDATA[They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a show that's designed just for children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35499]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a show that's designed just for children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43475]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9063]]></link><description><![CDATA[We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9063</guid></item></channel></rss>