<?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[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wait all these years to find someone who understands us, I thought, someone who accepts us as we are, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55070]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wait all these years to find someone who understands us, I thought, someone who accepts us as we are, someone with a wizard's power to melt stone to sunlight, who can bring us happiness in spite of trials, who can face our dragons in the night, who can transform us into the soul we choose to be. Just yesterday I found that magical Someone is the face we see in the mirror: It's us and our homemade masks. -Richard Bach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, there would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, there would have been wording such as 'the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' - July 27, 1992Every good communist should know that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the devout ones took the stance of spectator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the devout ones took the stance of spectator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it,  As being loth to wear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61809]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it,  As being loth to wear it out,   And therefore bore it not about;    Unless on holy days or so,     As men their best apparel do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ants never sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ants never sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56961]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, you are you and that is the beginning and the end -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, you are you and that is the beginning and the end -- no apologies, no regrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum.   - Richard Rowland, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum.   - Richard Rowland,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal civilization with its aristocracy and slaves has departed with the economic system upon which it rested.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness can exist only in acceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness can exist only in acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We urge the Supreme People's Court to conduct an immediate review of this decision with a view to overturning it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41751]]></link><description><![CDATA[We urge the Supreme People's Court to conduct an immediate review of this decision with a view to overturning it. Extending the death penalty to cover more crimes goes against the international trend towards abolition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived over a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27576]]></link><description><![CDATA["God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived over a cliff and "by a miracle" he only breaks his back. It would be more divine if he were a better driver and stayed on the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say we are Almost as like as eggs. -The Winter's Tale. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55772]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say we are Almost as like as eggs. -The Winter's Tale. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sky is that beautiful old parchment  in which the sun   and the moon    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56516]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sky is that beautiful old parchment  in which the sun   and the moon    keep their diary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who can really benefit from our songs are the girls in middle America and the only way you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who can really benefit from our songs are the girls in middle America and the only way you can really get through to them is TV.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may have tangible wealth untold,Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.Richer than I you could never be;I know someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22438]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may have tangible wealth untold,Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.Richer than I you could never be;I know someone who told stories to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, issues of ethics and corruption will be playing a significant role in our discussions of politics in the ensuing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly, issues of ethics and corruption will be playing a significant role in our discussions of politics in the ensuing months. The longer this goes on, the more pressure on candidates from both parties to discuss how they will clean up the system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transformation literally means going beyond your form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Transformation literally means going beyond your form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48937]]></link><description><![CDATA[In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people totreat you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people totreat you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12454]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The EU-Iran human rights dialogue enables the European Union to work to improve the human rights situation in Iran. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The EU-Iran human rights dialogue enables the European Union to work to improve the human rights situation in Iran. We would like to see much greater commitment from Iran to the dialogue and to ensuring that the dialogue results in real progress achieved on the ground. We are frankly disappointed that Iran has not yet agreed dates for the next round, and [we] will continue to press them. Iran's attitude to human rights is damaging its reputation in the international community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the child of audacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the child of audacity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963   The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe  Your crisped smiles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe  Your crisped smiles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what I'm shooting for, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35665]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what I'm shooting for,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23938]]></link><description><![CDATA[If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17723]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;  And we are weeds without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24688]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;  And we are weeds without it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53022]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's result is overdue. Mayor Giuliani should have never started this destructive fight with the First Amendment and should surely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's result is overdue. Mayor Giuliani should have never started this destructive fight with the First Amendment and should surely have agreed to stop it long ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child kicks its legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7639]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child kicks its legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough... It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again," to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again," to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike: it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45854]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses in the town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29908]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as far as reforms are concerned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55339]]></link><description><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55339</guid></item></channel></rss>