<?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[Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because it becomes complicated. Experience and conditions come and go; complications arise and fall away, but the simple action of God is eternal in the universe. thanks to Mary Larson -Donald Curtis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a wonderful evening - but this wasn't it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66153]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a wonderful evening - but this wasn't it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racing is a matter of spirit not strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11941]]></link><description><![CDATA[About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51561]]></link><description><![CDATA[God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51561</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[As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11448]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59596]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the industry would view this as a significant defeat. This allows us to explore, I think, what they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the industry would view this as a significant defeat. This allows us to explore, I think, what they've been able to prevent from being explored in the past. It's very meaningful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53443]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51899]]></link><description><![CDATA[A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61970]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16919]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there are times when patience proves at fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45712]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there are times when patience proves at fault.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2286]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest decency. But it is from the far more difficult achievement of seeing ourselves amongst others, as a local example of the forms human life has locally taken, a case among cases, a world among worlds, that the largeness of mind, without which objectivity is self-congratulation and tolerance a sham, comes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy man be his dole! -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy man be his dole! -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And weep the more, because I weep in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58800]]></link><description><![CDATA[And weep the more, because I weep in vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that child is a message in a bottle, ... it has just washed up on shore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30811]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that child is a message in a bottle, ... it has just washed up on shore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64240]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61300]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57269]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. [Lat., Anima certe, quia spiritus, in sicco habitare non potest; ideo in sanguine fertur habitare.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54057]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitiveto the least powerful in our society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitiveto the least powerful in our society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60862]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23896]]></link><description><![CDATA[HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was basically going to need more time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34461]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was basically going to need more time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39549]]></link><description><![CDATA[For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4801]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast,  Nor yet within the common soil  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43039]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast,  Nor yet within the common soil   Lay down the wreck of power to rest,    Where man can boast that he has trod     On him that was "the scourge of God."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nudity is the uniform of the other side... nudity is a shroud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nudity is the uniform of the other side... nudity is a shroud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61081]]></link><description><![CDATA[People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are creating an exclusive growth environment that benefits some people but not the poor. While there is some multiplier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31473]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are creating an exclusive growth environment that benefits some people but not the poor. While there is some multiplier effect, the pace is still slow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For old age is not honored for length of time, or measured by number of years;  but understanding is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61752]]></link><description><![CDATA[For old age is not honored for length of time, or measured by number of years;  but understanding is gray hair for anyone,   and a blameless life is ripe old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have rather finished the match properly, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41744]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have rather finished the match properly,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41744</guid></item></channel></rss>