<?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[I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22905]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the world you are just one persone, but to one person you could mean the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53392]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the world you are just one persone, but to one person you could mean the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14410]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet a lot of mimes choke to death because nobody believes they're really choking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet a lot of mimes choke to death because nobody believes they're really choking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55523]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're certainly not celebrating her. We're repudiating her on International Women's Day. That's a slap on her. You cannot celebrate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31113]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're certainly not celebrating her. We're repudiating her on International Women's Day. That's a slap on her. You cannot celebrate women's rights and welfare and the struggle to liberate women without denouncing this particular woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the light of his vision he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46340]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the light of his vision he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After crashing, he asked a crew member to retrieve his bloodied and severed arm so he could remove from its wrist the gold watch his father had given him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52900]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. [Fr., L'absence diminue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. [Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything great that we know has come from neurotics… never will the world be aware of how much it owes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything great that we know has come from neurotics… never will the world be aware of how much it owes to them, nor above all what they have suffered in order to bestow their gifts on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather impacts business across every segment, and this is the most innovative way to hedge that risk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weather impacts business across every segment, and this is the most innovative way to hedge that risk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romance is the poetry of literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romance is the poetry of literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 Lord, forgive -- That I have dwelt too long on Golgotha, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 Lord, forgive -- That I have dwelt too long on Golgotha, My wracked eyes fixed On Thy poor, tortured human form upon the cross, And have not seen The lilies in Thy dawn-sweet garden bend To anoint Thy risen feet; nor known the ways Thy radiant spirit walks abroad with men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's surrounded on three sides by water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32445]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's surrounded on three sides by water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See in the meantime that your faith bringeth forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7150]]></link><description><![CDATA[See in the meantime that your faith bringeth forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63991]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been told that we probably will not be able to get home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40061]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been told that we probably will not be able to get home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracie comes home from the hospital after visiting a sick friend. (George) 'Where did you get the flowers?' (Gracie) 'I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracie comes home from the hospital after visiting a sick friend. (George) 'Where did you get the flowers?' (Gracie) 'I went to visit Mable.' (George) 'Yeah, so?' (Gracie) 'WELL, you told me to take her flowers!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're challenging the very best in the segment by offering refined Scandinavian luxury -- in other words, clean and elegant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35187]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're challenging the very best in the segment by offering refined Scandinavian luxury -- in other words, clean and elegant lines combined with intelligent functionality. Every single detail has been designed with a firm focus on the user's well-being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Candor is the brightest gem of criticism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Candor is the brightest gem of criticism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These kids are strong and have come together through a lot of adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42630]]></link><description><![CDATA[These kids are strong and have come together through a lot of adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912   O eternal God, who from all eternity dost behold and love thy own glories and perfections infinite, and hast created me to do the work of God after the manner of men, and to serve thee in this generation and according to my capacities, give me thy grace, that I may be a curious and prudent spender of my time, so as I may best prevent or resist all temptation, and be profitable to the Christian commonwealth, and, by discharging all my duty, may glorify thy name. Take from me all slothfulness, and give me a diligent and an active spirit, and wisdom to choose my employment; that I may do works proportionable to my person and to the dignity of a Christian, and may fill up all the spaces of my time with actions of religion and charity; that, when the devil assaults me, he may not find me idle; and my dearest Lord, at his sudden coming, may find me busy in lawful, necessary, and pious actions, improving my talent entrusted to me by thee, my Lord; that I may enter into the joy of my Lord, to partake of his eternal felicities, even for thy mercy's sake, and for my dearest Saviour's sake. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26402]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for us to attempt with bold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7611]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for us to attempt with bold curiosity to penetrate to the investigation of His essence, which we ought more to adore than meticulously to search out, but for us to contemplate Him in His works, whereby He renders Himself near and familiar to us, and in some manner communicates Himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apt Alliteration's artful aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apt Alliteration's artful aid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to say unequivocally that safety is our number one priority. Nothing will ever compromise that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to say unequivocally that safety is our number one priority. Nothing will ever compromise that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21031]]></link><description><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking payes no toll. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talking payes no toll.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. [Lat., Quivis beatus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. [Lat., Quivis beatus, versa rota fortunae, ante vesperum potest esse miserrimus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whereas the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22990]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whereas the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible to you. Whereas what you mentally or "consciously" desire is nine times out of ten impossible; hitch your wagon to a star, or you will just stay where you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1721]]></link><description><![CDATA[So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad; babies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad; babies never are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2408]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And its famous apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one fastens where there is gaine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one fastens where there is gaine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42314]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38898]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of baseball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38898</guid></item></channel></rss>