<?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[The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21610]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All rising to great place is by winding stair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57061]]></link><description><![CDATA[All rising to great place is by winding stair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28629]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53013]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9992]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a selective memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  Jesus evidently felt deeply the emptiness and futility of much... religious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  Jesus evidently felt deeply the emptiness and futility of much... religious talk. He was interested only in those emotions and professions which could get themselves translated into character and action. Words have always been the bane of religion as well as its vehicle. Religious emotion has enormous motive force, but it is the easiest thing in the world for it to sizzle away in high professions and wordy prayers. In that case, it is a substitute and counterfeit, and a damage to the Reign of God among men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:  The prince my brother hath outgrown me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18402]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:  The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one single fact which we may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity, namely, that no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8347]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one single fact which we may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity, namely, that no man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54215]]></link><description><![CDATA[I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two are as near one another as extreme wisdom and folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46669]]></link><description><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[You should know that Weisz, who's a darker and more enigmatic version of Kate Winslet , is taken. She was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32731]]></link><description><![CDATA[[You should know that Weisz, who's a darker and more enigmatic version of Kate Winslet , is taken. She was accompanied to the party by] Requiem for a Dream ... The Fountain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know how men in exile feed on dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45323]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know how men in exile feed on dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is expensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16917]]></link><description><![CDATA[My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37479]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to have more enthusiasm to bring graft cases out into the open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap metal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility is the price of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility is the price of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market's saunter into 2006 continues, with just a few remaining events before the champagne and confetti. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market's saunter into 2006 continues, with just a few remaining events before the champagne and confetti.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't believe it, ... I started on a Monday and turned in the outline on a Friday. On the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37931]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't believe it, ... I started on a Monday and turned in the outline on a Friday. On the Saturday they called and said, 'OK, we're making it.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's possible, if the economics are right, ... When you build a great franchise it can be a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32508]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's possible, if the economics are right, ... When you build a great franchise it can be a lot of fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music - not only across ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35219]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music - not only across genres but across generations as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not in the position where we need to sell anyone here, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32831]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not in the position where we need to sell anyone here,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a big difference between thinking: I'm in a relationship and something's wrong. Therefore something must be wrong with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1277]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a big difference between thinking: I'm in a relationship and something's wrong. Therefore something must be wrong with the relationship. and thinking I'm in a relationship and we've got problems. This is evidence that you are different than me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw hasty conclusions to our own advantage. If we were stronger, we might be less tenderly treated. If we were braver, we might be sent, with far less help, to defend far more desperate posts in the great battle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that's for thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that's for thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they die earlier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the best sorrow in a Christian soul when his sins are loathsome and offensive unto him--a happy token ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7579]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the best sorrow in a Christian soul when his sins are loathsome and offensive unto him--a happy token that there hath not been of late in him any insensible supply of heinous offenses, because his stale sins are still his new and daily sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61772]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak, Against the wicked remnant of the week." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak, Against the wicked remnant of the week."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows,  I took her for some Scottish Muse,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows,  I took her for some Scottish Muse,   By that same token,    An' come to stop those reckless vows,     Would soon be broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things to their proper places. [Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things to their proper places. [Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna  Reducet in sedem vice.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47506]]></link><description><![CDATA[This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/414]]></link><description><![CDATA[My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44386</guid></item></channel></rss>