<?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[Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56703]]></link><description><![CDATA[My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. [Fr., Il y a du merite sans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27388]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. [Fr., Il y a du merite sans elevation mais il n'y a point d'elevation sans quelque merite.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21327]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53761]]></link><description><![CDATA[For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grass stoops not, she treads on it so light; . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16415]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grass stoops not, she treads on it so light; . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59637]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1748]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["There's nothing great Nor small," has said a poet of our day,  Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46843]]></link><description><![CDATA["There's nothing great Nor small," has said a poet of our day,  Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew of eve   And not be thrown out by the matin's bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(for which he won numerous critics' prizes and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32621]]></link><description><![CDATA[(for which he won numerous critics' prizes and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done is interrupted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done is interrupted by the person who is doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12107]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping only that the futures power will shed light on a new and wonderful destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13041]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28105]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The borough has labor counsel and labor counsel is not here, so we are not in a position to respond ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The borough has labor counsel and labor counsel is not here, so we are not in a position to respond to the offer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On, Amos Cottle!--Phoebus! what a name! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43638]]></link><description><![CDATA[On, Amos Cottle!--Phoebus! what a name!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization ceases when we no longer respect and no longer put into their correct places the fundamental values, such as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization ceases when we no longer respect and no longer put into their correct places the fundamental values, such as work, family and country such as the individual, honor and religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13515]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls betweenourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22090]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls betweenourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctionsbetween flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time andmatter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so longforgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul isnothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life ofevery woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I attended the event in Napa in July and it was amazing, so when we heard about this one, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33329]]></link><description><![CDATA[I attended the event in Napa in July and it was amazing, so when we heard about this one, we had to sign up. I'm going to keep coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12930]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suffer and expect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suffer and expect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one's really happy anyway, it's not human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30244]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48481]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've never had any well-described Native American corn to compare to the archaeological record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39433]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've never had any well-described Native American corn to compare to the archaeological record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a system that worked and we worked it, ... We'd go into a place and create a riot. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29289]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a system that worked and we worked it, ... We'd go into a place and create a riot. When you could keep them out of their chairs, that's when you knew you won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60951]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are able because they think they are able. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/96]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are able because they think they are able.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/96</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the fragrant heart of bloom, The bobolinks are singing;  Out of the fragrant heart of bloom  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the fragrant heart of bloom, The bobolinks are singing;  Out of the fragrant heart of bloom   The apple-tree whispers to the room,    "Why art thou but a nest of gloom     While the bobolinks are singing?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vertex shares may not be for the faint-hearted at these price levels. However, the hepatitis C derby is just that: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vertex shares may not be for the faint-hearted at these price levels. However, the hepatitis C derby is just that: a race. Should Vertex not stumble or encounter unforeseen obstacles prior to approval, $35 will wind up looking like an early exit point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Layer by layer art strips life bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Layer by layer art strips life bare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to admit it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to admit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54100]]></link><description><![CDATA[That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12272</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[It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1157]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1157</guid></item></channel></rss>