<?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[Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14476]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,--  She shall escape, she shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,--  She shall escape, she shall aspire,   She shall arise to make men free;    She shall arise in a sacred scorn,     Lighting the lives that are yet unborn,      Spirit supernal, splendor eternal,       England!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou runn'st thy race,   Dost fairest shine, and best become thy place;    For thee the winds their eastern blasts forbear,     Thy mouth reveals the spring, and opens all the year;      Thee, goddess, thee, the storms of winter fly,       Earth smiles with flowers renewing, laughs the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built many stories high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built many stories high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27290]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true,  And whate'er you lot may be,   Paddle your own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true,  And whate'er you lot may be,   Paddle your own canoe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I kiss you, it tastes like heaven... so sweet, loving, kind, and caring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23848]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I kiss you, it tastes like heaven... so sweet, loving, kind, and caring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think I could have called my career complete without racing in IROC. You always compete against the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41654]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think I could have called my career complete without racing in IROC. You always compete against the best of the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasts of it, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasts of it, is a devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5025]]></link><description><![CDATA[They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is blind, as well as love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is blind, as well as love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most plans are just inaccurate predictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of these guys are getting old, and they pee a lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of these guys are getting old, and they pee a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47026]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely  The pangs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27392]]></link><description><![CDATA[For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely  The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,   The insolence of office, and the spurns    That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,     When he himself might his quietus make      With a bare bodkin?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38317]]></link><description><![CDATA[For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16649]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the way free speech doesn't apply at work. You can't just walk into your boss' office and say 'you're a fuckface and I'm gonna go back to work now.' No, you're not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike oil.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike oil.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in immortality for us does not depend on a story, however well attested, in an ancient book... No, here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in immortality for us does not depend on a story, however well attested, in an ancient book... No, here was a sequence of great character and emancipated spirit, all attached to and explained by such a personality as the world never saw; and the central doctrine of the risen Christ squared with the rationality and the goodness of God... The wise said that God and the godlike could have no contact with suffering, but Jesus was no phantom feigning to be crucified; he truly suffered on the cross, he truly rose. Suffering is a language all can understand, and none can quite exhaust; and the suffering Christ, victorious over pain and death, meant for all who grasped his significance a new faith in God, a new freedom of mind in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair; for that the rains might rust, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16858]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.   - George Bancroft,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we plan to do with that money is fund our state highway new-construction program for the next 10 years. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35291]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we plan to do with that money is fund our state highway new-construction program for the next 10 years. So, there's a lot of debate about the use of that money. And, of course, there's some debate about leasing the toll road itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School and education should not be confused; it is only school that can be made easy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54775]]></link><description><![CDATA[School and education should not be confused; it is only school that can be made easy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people, especially officials, don't have the courage to speak up against corruption. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people, especially officials, don't have the courage to speak up against corruption.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recruited him to come here and play football, not to look cute. He's been doing that ever since Day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36937]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recruited him to come here and play football, not to look cute. He's been doing that ever since Day One.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7716]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before a Christian community, it sounds too much like pagan philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3017]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain of granite blooms into an eternal flower, with the lightness and delicate finish, as well as the aerial proportions and perspective of vegetable beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55444]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, It comes and sits softly on your shoulder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66755]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50450]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either I will find a way, or I will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either I will find a way, or I will make one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53969</guid></item></channel></rss>