<?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[Daughter of Time, the hypocrite Days, Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,  And marching single in an endless file, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Daughter of Time, the hypocrite Days, Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,  And marching single in an endless file,   Bring diadems and fagots in their hands;    To each they offer gifts after his will,     Bread, kingdom, stars, and sky that holds them all;      I, in my pleached garden watched the pomp       Forgot my morning wishes, hastily        Took a few herbs and apples, and the Day         Turned and departed silent. I too late          Under her solemn fillet saw the scorn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blackout is similar to any side effect of drinking too much such as vomiting or abnormal behavior. The implications ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31723]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blackout is similar to any side effect of drinking too much such as vomiting or abnormal behavior. The implications beyond that are people don't know what they did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14617]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose only one master - Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose only one master - Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid question will always receive a confident answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9668]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid question will always receive a confident answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;  But in their books, as from their graves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;  But in their books, as from their graves they rise.   Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,    Walk with and warn us!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absolutism tempered by assassination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absolutism tempered by assassination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is, above all, the gift of oneself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is, above all, the gift of oneself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I paint with shapes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I paint with shapes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate questioning, but I love wrestling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate questioning, but I love wrestling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the best. I just haven't played yet [on his golf game]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57720]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the best. I just haven't played yet [on his golf game].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30141]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46242]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain,  And bear the marks upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain,  And bear the marks upon a blushing face,   OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4957]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that would have the fruit must climb the tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21243]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not easy being green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21564]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not easy being green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll make the fur Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48714]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll make the fur Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In climes beyond the solar road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58290]]></link><description><![CDATA[In climes beyond the solar road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prologues like compliments are loss of time; 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prologues like compliments are loss of time; 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's my first feel for running in traffic. You have to get the feel for losing down force and play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41462]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's my first feel for running in traffic. You have to get the feel for losing down force and play with that. Nothing at all has surprised me so far. We just have to learn to play in traffic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65934]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12053]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last two years it has been working for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40784]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last two years it has been working for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors go bust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy -- in fact, they're almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Both at once can produce unbearable turmoil...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22252</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[Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are lacking for so much and then they got robbed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28855]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are lacking for so much and then they got robbed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by asking the state to promulgate our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47401]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by asking the state to promulgate our values but by forbidding the state to promulgate any values at all. If the state can espouse some value that we love, it can, with equal justice, espouse others we do not love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many who find the burdens, the anxiety, and the isolation of an individual existence unbearable. This is particularly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52353]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many who find the burdens, the anxiety, and the isolation of an individual existence unbearable. This is particularly true when the opportunities for self-advancement are relatively meager, and one's individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for. Such persons sooner or later turn their backs on an individual existence and strive to acquire a sense of worth and a purpose by an identification with a holy cause, a leader, or a movement. The faith and pride they derive from such an identification serve them as substitutes for the unattainable self-confidence and self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;  Turn giddy, and be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;  Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;   One desperate grief cures with another's languish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if I don't manage to buy it, to own it, then nothing of what I think is mine is really mine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using a private contractor and outside advisory team will help expedite the process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Using a private contractor and outside advisory team will help expedite the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow and the scarlet leaf, Sad thoughts and sunny weather;  Ah me! this glory and this grief   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow and the scarlet leaf, Sad thoughts and sunny weather;  Ah me! this glory and this grief   Agree not well together!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38401]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To drink away sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48551]]></link><description><![CDATA[To drink away sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62058]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're thrilled with the turnout. It's good to see the community rally around this festival. We planted the seeds several ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35124]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're thrilled with the turnout. It's good to see the community rally around this festival. We planted the seeds several years ago and have watched it grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is rarely pure and never simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is rarely pure and never simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59773</guid></item></channel></rss>