<?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[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5936]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51998]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common denominator is low intelligence and high emotionality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and that must be  Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and that must be  Our chastisement or recompense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59286]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must do the thing you think you cannot do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12727]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must do the thing you think you cannot do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23213]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them 'disease of the week' movies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think they have some very difficult challenges over the next three years. The silver lining is if they continue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30630]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think they have some very difficult challenges over the next three years. The silver lining is if they continue to reduce costs and strive for flexible manufacturing, they can see a return to profits even without the sales levels of 2000. But the Asian brands and European brands aren't sitting still either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17458]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21218]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37094]]></link><description><![CDATA[An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not even the gods can withstand necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not even the gods can withstand necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I've got a few missing. It's ok though, because I've got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation.. so when I meet someone who's an 8-color type.. I'm like, "hey girl, magenta!" and she's like, "oh, you mean purple!" and she goes off on her purple thing, and I'm like, "no - I want magenta!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will burne his house, to warme his hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49419]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will burne his house, to warme his hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65153]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is this paradox in pride--it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48229]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is this paradox in pride--it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of people's jobs and lives and economic well-being depending on moving water through the delta in an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31904]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of people's jobs and lives and economic well-being depending on moving water through the delta in an ecologically sound manner. It's hard to imagine a more important issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11190]]></link><description><![CDATA[We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25538]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25246]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little wealth, little care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little wealth, little care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lap of providence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lap of providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62673]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   Tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner. ("To know all is to forgive all.") ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   Tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner. ("To know all is to forgive all.") No commonplace is more untrue. Behavior, whether conditioned by an individual neurosis or by society, can be understood, that is to say, one knows exactly why such and such an individual behaves as he does. But a personal action or deed is always mysterious. When we really act, precisely because it is a matter of free choice, we can never say exactly why we do this rather than that. But it is only deeds that we are required to forgive. If someone does me an injury, the question of forgiveness only arises if I am convinced (a) that the injury he did me was a free act on his part and therefore no less mysterious to him than to me, and (b) that it was me personally whom he meant to injure. Christ does not forgive the soldiers who are nailing him to the Cross; he asks the Father to forgive them. He knows as well as they do why they are doing this -- they are a squad, detailed to execute a criminal. They do not know what they are doing, because it is not their business, as executioners, to know whom they are crucifying. If the person who does me an injury does not know what he is doing, then it is as ridiculous for me to talk about forgiving him as it would be for me to "forgive" a tile which falls on my head in a gale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive software facilities scattered about he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9107]]></link><description><![CDATA[A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive software facilities scattered about he globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common idea's and common ideals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of lights were burning on the green branches, and gaily-colored pictures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of lights were burning on the green branches, and gaily-colored pictures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down upon her. The little maiden stretched out her hands towards them when--the match went out. The lights of the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, she saw them now as stars in heaven . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has goneinto your mind. You change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21128]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has goneinto your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are bychanging what goes into your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23273]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Et tu, Brute?--Then fall Caesar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Et tu, Brute?--Then fall Caesar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The large white owl that with eye is blind, That hath sate for years in the old tree hollow,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45334]]></link><description><![CDATA[The large white owl that with eye is blind, That hath sate for years in the old tree hollow,  Is carried away in a gust of wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe women have played major roles, both tangible or intangible, in the imperial family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34521]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe women have played major roles, both tangible or intangible, in the imperial family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the race I was a little disappointed because that was the second time I lost to that kid. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41780]]></link><description><![CDATA[After the race I was a little disappointed because that was the second time I lost to that kid. I thought maybe if it was on a different track I could have beaten that kid, but that's part of racing, the type of track you're on and stuff like that. I always want to win, but that's kind of a reality. It was a good showing to be there and finish second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41780</guid></item></channel></rss>