<?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[The weariest and most loathed worldly life That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weariest and most loathed worldly life That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11540]]></link><description><![CDATA[False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's never too late to give someone a a second chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's never too late to give someone a a second chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66100]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, fleeting, and way too precious to waste waiting around for happiness to hit you over the head and make itself known. Happiness wasn't something you found, happiness was something you made - by living in the moment, by cherishing the people in your life right now, by finding the courage to change those things you didn't like]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and understanding. If she says she would like to go out with the Dallas Cowboys, including the coaching staff, the same rule applies. Tell her: "Kath, you just go right ahead and do what you feel is right." Unless you actually care for her, in which case you must see to it that she has no male contact whatsoever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24566]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stone that the builder refused, will always be the head cornerstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stone that the builder refused, will always be the head cornerstone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43330]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live in a fully predictable world is not to be a true man, and Christ was a true man. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8102]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live in a fully predictable world is not to be a true man, and Christ was a true man. His prayer in Gethsemane, his sweat of blood, show that the preceding anxiety is a part of human affliction, which we must try to accept with some sort of submission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20746]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's a woman, its caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. -Barbara Walters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27223]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's a woman, its caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. -Barbara Walters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation ofsuccess, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation ofsuccess, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, andthat people can only experience true success and enduring happiness asthey learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28690]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes you can't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't sit around thinking, 'This'll be great for kids' - it just happened to really appeal to them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32343]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't sit around thinking, 'This'll be great for kids' - it just happened to really appeal to them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66115]]></link><description><![CDATA[A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the present time, there are probably only a few areas in which one might be able to move forward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35512]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the present time, there are probably only a few areas in which one might be able to move forward by evidence-based benchmarks,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54998]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50276]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never plan the future by the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17082]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never plan the future by the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26458]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year people start shopping for space heaters, but business hasn't been above normal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30281]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year people start shopping for space heaters, but business hasn't been above normal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62106]]></link><description><![CDATA[By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57319]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48993]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60602]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's been a lot of interest in the subject, ... It certainly is an issue right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31555]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's been a lot of interest in the subject, ... It certainly is an issue right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was encouraging for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39182]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was encouraging for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven's help is better than early rising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven's help is better than early rising.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of thereal with the ideal never goes unpunished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of thereal with the ideal never goes unpunished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shouldn't have trusted her. It was wrong, I've realized it now. But she was there, she was friendly, she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shouldn't have trusted her. It was wrong, I've realized it now. But she was there, she was friendly, she was warm, someone I thought I could trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They told me I could fill right in at the four spot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32712]]></link><description><![CDATA[They told me I could fill right in at the four spot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58196]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26916]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26916</guid></item></channel></rss>