<?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[Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! the good times when we were so unhappy. [Fr., Oh le bon temps ou etions si malheureux.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! the good times when we were so unhappy. [Fr., Oh le bon temps ou etions si malheureux.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, 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/41049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In politics stupidity is not a handicap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46918]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics stupidity is not a handicap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I smile at the strong perfumes of the silly Rufillus must I be regarded as envious and ill-natured? [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14015]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I smile at the strong perfumes of the silly Rufillus must I be regarded as envious and ill-natured? [Lat., Ego si risi quod ineptus  Pastillos Rufillus olet, Gargonius hircum, lividus et mordax videar?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43131]]></link><description><![CDATA[To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65618]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare, ... People are telling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare, ... People are telling us they can't afford to get the care they need, because Medicare supplemental policies are too expensive, medications are too expensive, and they are having trouble with special needs if they are in HMOs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, you have no other proof but your word. So I hope they are going to believe her, as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, you have no other proof but your word. So I hope they are going to believe her, as they believed me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no clue where they came from, ... We don't know if someone raised them and let them go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30710]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no clue where they came from, ... We don't know if someone raised them and let them go or they got loose. We just don't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20290]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves let you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple is the language of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simple is the language of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have told us in letters and phone calls that they have to jog from Lincoln Center to make their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41656]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have told us in letters and phone calls that they have to jog from Lincoln Center to make their train. We hear plenty of tales of missed trains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's grounded in an honest place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29118]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's grounded in an honest place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is a disappointment but not defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is a disappointment but not defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figured something out in 2004 and last year kind of carried it over. This year, I'm trying to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figured something out in 2004 and last year kind of carried it over. This year, I'm trying to be consistent. I'm not a home run hitter. My job is just to drive in runs when they are there and just get on base and score anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25516]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman Which gives the stern'st good-night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman Which gives the stern'st good-night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33237]]></link><description><![CDATA[An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behindwith whips and stings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behindwith whips and stings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's all I could think to do, and after I did that, it let go. And I wanted to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30643]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's all I could think to do, and after I did that, it let go. And I wanted to get to shore as soon as I could. The thought crossed my mind that I might not make it back in and it was just pretty hectic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thought fills immensity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59219]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thought fills immensity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every year, it keeps getting better. They've smoothed out the learning curves. We have a great relationship with the city. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every year, it keeps getting better. They've smoothed out the learning curves. We have a great relationship with the city. We know how to keep building it every day. I'm thrilled Macon has come out. We've had four great years, and we're looking forward to coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our XD80U is smaller and lighter than most laptops, making it perfect for the mobile presenter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our XD80U is smaller and lighter than most laptops, making it perfect for the mobile presenter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2195]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...this is precisely the purpose of censorship- not only to block unwanted views, but to keep people who are unhappy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47643]]></link><description><![CDATA[...this is precisely the purpose of censorship- not only to block unwanted views, but to keep people who are unhappy from knowing how many millions of others share their unhappiness; to keep the dormant opposition from awakening to its own developing strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is a search for a final and irrefutable demonstration that our absolute truth is indeed the one and only truth. The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show Her better eye, the farther off we go,  The swing of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27343]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show Her better eye, the farther off we go,  The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring, But who am I that I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring, But who am I that I should have the best of anything?  Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free,   Whisky, or wine, or even beer is good enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve: The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23834]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve: The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066 When night comes, list thy deeds; make plain the way 'Twixt heaven and thee; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066 When night comes, list thy deeds; make plain the way 'Twixt heaven and thee; block it not with delays;  But perfect all before thou sleep'st: then say:  There's one sun more strung on my Bead of days. What's good, score up for joy; the bad, well scanned.  Wash off with tears, and get thy Master's hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. -King Henry IV. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55837]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some boundless contiguity of shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some boundless contiguity of shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45162]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening? [Lat., An id exploratum cuiquam potest esse, quomodo sese habitarum sit corpus, non dico ad annum sed ad vesperam?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19805]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19805</guid></item></channel></rss>