<?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[Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30741]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I haven't spoken to you recently, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16749]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I haven't spoken to you recently, but many times I hear your thoughts. Good friends must not always be together. It is the feeling of oneness, when distant that proves a lasting]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1674]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a physician, Senator Frist has a moral calling to save lives and alleviate suffering. He joins Nancy Reagan, dozens ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17015]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a physician, Senator Frist has a moral calling to save lives and alleviate suffering. He joins Nancy Reagan, dozens of Nobel Laureates, thousands of scientists, and millions of patients across the nation in calling for an end to the restrictions that have shackled the search for new cures. I applaud his courage in putting patients over politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is master of himself will soon be master of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50987]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330   The Spirit of Christ can set men free, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330   The Spirit of Christ can set men free, and can enable them to become their true selves, without requiring their dependence on any particular religious organization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God, I--I also--am an American! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God, I--I also--am an American!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the media have trouble distinguishing between real science and propaganda cross-dressed as science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the media have trouble distinguishing between real science and propaganda cross-dressed as science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent are punished and the wicked escape.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent are punished and the wicked escape.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the ship carrying living memories to the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19372]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1636]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3799]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51953]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always trolling for trivia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always trolling for trivia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All team members know we have a responsibility to get help for guests who ask. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29268]]></link><description><![CDATA[All team members know we have a responsibility to get help for guests who ask.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character, consistent to human nature, but what he was forced to ascribe to it many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3514]]></link><description><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character, consistent to human nature, but what he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my unit left, we felt good about what we had done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28687]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my unit left, we felt good about what we had done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be trusted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His voice no touch of harmony admits, Irregularly deep, and shrill by fits.  The two extremes appear like man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60912]]></link><description><![CDATA[His voice no touch of harmony admits, Irregularly deep, and shrill by fits.  The two extremes appear like man and wife   Coupled together for the sake of strife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan drove like a champion today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dan drove like a champion today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3469]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. -Walter Lippmann.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know what off for John Kerry is because I believe him. I believe he'll be a good president and a much better president than George Bush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41808]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas are bankrupt, and that the party basically takes their loyalty for granted, ... Then the Republicans start coming around - and we're like the lonely girl standing against the wall at a dance. Even if you know it's lip service, you feel receptive, just because somebody has bothered to come over and pay attention to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59533]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12316]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56891]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47722]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're almost inseparable. Sometimes it takes ten people to separate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53378]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're almost inseparable. Sometimes it takes ten people to separate them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is the pain of sin ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is the pain of sin]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58620]]></link><description><![CDATA[They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58620</guid></item></channel></rss>