<?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 New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They can't give endorsements, but they can at least lead you to three or four people in your geographic area ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35351]]></link><description><![CDATA[They can't give endorsements, but they can at least lead you to three or four people in your geographic area that you can meet with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those people who tell me that I'm going to hell while while they are going to heaven somehow make me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those people who tell me that I'm going to hell while while they are going to heaven somehow make me very glad that we're going to separate destinations]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--Beautiful!  I linger yet with Nature, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--Beautiful!  I linger yet with Nature, for the night   Hath been to me a more familiar face    Than that of man; and in her starry shade     Of dim and solitary loveliness      I learn'd the language of another world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43245]]></link><description><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never fall behind the curve. We lead the curve and we spread the gospel to other communities so we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never fall behind the curve. We lead the curve and we spread the gospel to other communities so we can, as a nation, step into the bright light of democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19894]]></link><description><![CDATA[It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was outstanding all around. She was spiking from the back row. She was consistent in all aspects of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42642]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was outstanding all around. She was spiking from the back row. She was consistent in all aspects of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26690]]></link><description><![CDATA[So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of my work is based on nature. I grew up in a rural environment and living in the Bay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39267]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of my work is based on nature. I grew up in a rural environment and living in the Bay Area allows for immediate access to wonderful natural environs. Basically nature is my Genus Loci, or the place where my spirit resides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But, O thou tyrant, Do not repent these things, for they are heavier  Than all thy woes can stir. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12018]]></link><description><![CDATA[But, O thou tyrant, Do not repent these things, for they are heavier  Than all thy woes can stir. Therefore betake thee   To nothing but despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach their course to steer,  Yet run himself life's mad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach their course to steer,  Yet run himself life's mad career   Wild as the wave?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have an excellent, long-standing relationship with Chile and look forward to working with the new president and her team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have an excellent, long-standing relationship with Chile and look forward to working with the new president and her team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk of the devil, and his horns appear ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk of the devil, and his horns appear]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63715]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jobling, there are chords in the human mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jobling, there are chords in the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59182]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9513]]></link><description><![CDATA[From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues  With a new colour as it gasps away,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues  With a new colour as it gasps away,   The last still loveliest, till--'tis gone--and all is gray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field,  Still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field,  Still on their dinner turn--   Let such pot-boiling varlets stay at home,    And wield a flesh-hook rather than a sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[De ce să repetăm greşelile înaintaşilor, cand sunt atâtea noi greşeli de făcut? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65138]]></link><description><![CDATA[De ce să repetăm greşelile înaintaşilor, cand sunt atâtea noi greşeli de făcut?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character must be earned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character must be earned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPIPHANY  The paradox is that a genuine "love for souls" which allows itself to be diverted by fashionable modes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6184]]></link><description><![CDATA[EPIPHANY  The paradox is that a genuine "love for souls" which allows itself to be diverted by fashionable modes into a mere "winning" of them to this or that mutually exclusive version of the "Truth", very often descends to a use of people for more-or-less irrelevant ends (already an evil), and can then so easily degenerate into a total misuse of people for alleged evangelical "results" with the consequent loss of all respect for people and their souls, and the withering of the original concern and love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have art in order not to die of the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63656]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have art in order not to die of the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You bring young men together.. put them in a confinedspace.. and then give them a license to kill(re war). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45954]]></link><description><![CDATA[You bring young men together.. put them in a confinedspace.. and then give them a license to kill(re war).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19215]]></link><description><![CDATA[My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. It is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind there is. . -C.G. Jung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been pretty horrible. My girlfriend tried calling at about 12 o'clock the other night. She couldn't get one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been pretty horrible. My girlfriend tried calling at about 12 o'clock the other night. She couldn't get one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheating is often more efficient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheating is often more efficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/152]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house   When our gudeman's awa.   - William Julius Mickle,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause waits on success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause waits on success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4801]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us are watchers--of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway--but few are observers. Everyone is looking, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44798]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us are watchers--of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway--but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52782]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38937]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57551</guid></item></channel></rss>