<?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[A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24453]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but he cannot successfully express what is only in his heart and not in theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that the addition of the 12th regular-season game would make any playoff even more difficult. I find little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42400]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that the addition of the 12th regular-season game would make any playoff even more difficult. I find little support for a playoff among presidents of major universities, and I believe some voted for the 12th game in lieu of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like the next Harry Potter book. You'll have to wait for it and be grateful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31564]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like the next Harry Potter book. You'll have to wait for it and be grateful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without thee I am all unblessed, And wholly blessed in thee alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without thee I am all unblessed, And wholly blessed in thee alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each night the Tree of Nutout of naught knits neat nuts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each night the Tree of Nutout of naught knits neat nuts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take up the White Man's burden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take up the White Man's burden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5011]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well mended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well mended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housekeeping ain't no joke ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Housekeeping ain't no joke]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them. [Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evertendarum rerum cupidi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them. [Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evertendarum rerum cupidi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye, To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye, To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1176]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own failures and their own successes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28161]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I helped them cut posts, working in knee-deep water to keep the fence up so you wouldn't get run over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I helped them cut posts, working in knee-deep water to keep the fence up so you wouldn't get run over by the animals,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make a customer, not a sale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make a customer, not a sale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4531</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[But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,  Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62156]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,  Then is the day of crumbling not far off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61209]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21387]]></link><description><![CDATA[To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives. One thing is certain, you cannot live it until it does appear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless!  The last corruption ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17776]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless!  The last corruption of degenerate man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not the enrichment of the leaders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16316]]></link><description><![CDATA[True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not the enrichment of the leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man’s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man’s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever he chooses, mind will create and manifest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is friendship set on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is friendship set on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have always had profound ties, of respect and mutual cooperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28243]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have always had profound ties, of respect and mutual cooperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258  Unless we look upon ourselves as called to unity, we shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258  Unless we look upon ourselves as called to unity, we shall never be united. If God does not will that we should be united, what can our devices for producing it avail? Whereas, if we believe that it is His will, and that we are fighting against His will by our divisions, we have a right confidently to hope that He will at last bring us to repentance, or, if we do not repent, will accomplish His purposes in spite of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258   There are doubtless many reasons for the degeneration of Christianity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258   There are doubtless many reasons for the degeneration of Christianity into churchiness, and the narrowing of the Gospel for all mankind into a set of approved beliefs; but the chief cause must be the worship of an inadequate god -- a cramped and regulated god who is a 'good churchman' according to the formulas of the worshipper. For actual behaviour infallibly betrays the real object of the man's worship. All Christians, whatever their Church, would of course instantly repudiate the idea that their god was a super-example of their own denomination, and it is not suggested that the worship is conscious. Nevertheless, beneath the conscious critical level of the mind it is perfectly possible for the Anglo-Catholic, for example, to conceive God as particularly pleased with Anglo-Catholicism, doubtful about Evangelicalism, and frankly displeased by all forms of Nonconformity... The ultra-low Churchman on the other hand must admit, if he is honest, that the God whom he worships disapproves most strongly of vestments, incense, and candles on the altar. The tragedy of these examples -- which could be reproduced ad nauseam any day of the week -- is not difference of opinion, which will probably be with us till the Day of Judgment, but the outrageous folly and damnable sin of trying to regard God as the Party Leader of a particular point of view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were the wags    Who tipped these funny tags     And these toes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a part of all that I have seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a part of all that I have seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age -- what's called making a hit. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16233]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age -- what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have been in every game except one. When Copley and Revere get together, you just throw out the records. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32526]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have been in every game except one. When Copley and Revere get together, you just throw out the records. It's always a hotly contested game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't have to pay a monthly subscription. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28908]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't have to pay a monthly subscription.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine  In proud ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine  In proud display; yet take this truth from me--   Virtue alone is true nobility!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44578</guid></item></channel></rss>