<?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[If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2029]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a long time to become young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1876]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a long time to become young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;  And we are weeds without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24688]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;  And we are weeds without it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25883]]></link><description><![CDATA[All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus Christ came to tell men that they have no enemies but themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus Christ came to tell men that they have no enemies but themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty! Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!  [Lat., O caeca nocentum consilia!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty! Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!  [Lat., O caeca nocentum consilia!   O semper timidum scelus!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer, And sent me away with a Flea in my ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer, And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do home sizes rise when, during the same period, the average family size has declined? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do home sizes rise when, during the same period, the average family size has declined?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31747]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only on recognising the true, may we lay down our task of searching further for truth; and only on being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only on recognising the true, may we lay down our task of searching further for truth; and only on being satisfied that we have found the holy, are we justified in submitting to its guidance. The duty of following truth at all hazards is not altered, and it is only a false wisdom and prudence which shuns the search. The one chief reason why so much more may be revealed to babes than to the wise and prudent is still simply that, with less calculation and prejudice, they entirely abandon themselves to the leading of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11729]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great ship askes deepe waters. [A great ship asks deep waters.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49033]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great ship askes deepe waters. [A great ship asks deep waters.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They will probably be there the rest of the week, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37668]]></link><description><![CDATA[They will probably be there the rest of the week,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanity is a cozy lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sanity is a cozy lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[from The Lathe of Heaven Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25856]]></link><description><![CDATA[from The Lathe of Heaven Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50270]]></link><description><![CDATA[In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50543]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37600]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so you know we gave up a bad goal in the beginning. We have to put ourselves in a better position where we have to defend a lead in the last ten minutes rather than try to come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real wealth is ideas plus energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real wealth is ideas plus energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . what is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27020]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . what is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the differences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and health on sea nor shore shall fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50451]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44711]]></link><description><![CDATA[The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, youhave to take care of them! There is great freedom in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, youhave to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living.It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46773]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5458]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26138]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61552]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64042]]></link><description><![CDATA[To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every year tuition is reviewed and if tuition goes up, it is usually due to rising costs and general raises ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every year tuition is reviewed and if tuition goes up, it is usually due to rising costs and general raises due to inflation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been an interesting group. Most days we start seven or eight freshmen. They've handled situations pretty well, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31553]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been an interesting group. Most days we start seven or eight freshmen. They've handled situations pretty well, and we also have pretty good leadership from our sophomore class.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31370]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is one who has found the right road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2616]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility. -HW Longfellow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2300]]></link><description><![CDATA[ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain:  They who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47758]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain:  They who have nothing have little to fear,   Nothing to lose or to gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61579]]></link><description><![CDATA[All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16996]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Raven's house is built with reeds,-- Sing woe, and alas is me!  And the Raven's couch is spread ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52980]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Raven's house is built with reeds,-- Sing woe, and alas is me!  And the Raven's couch is spread with weeds,   High on the hollow tree;    And the Raven himself, telling his beads     In penance for his past misdeeds,      Upon the top I see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/574]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/574</guid></item></channel></rss>