<?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[Art is the signature of civilizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2700]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'm free, it's because I'm always running. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66902]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'm free, it's because I'm always running.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . Years steal Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;  And life's enchanted cut but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1726]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . Years steal Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;  And life's enchanted cut but sparkles near the brim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Sabbath bell, That over wood and wild and mountain dell  Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Sabbath bell, That over wood and wild and mountain dell  Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy   With sounds most musical, most melancholy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old highway is just too dangerous. Thieves are smart, and we're like sitting ducks there if we're behind a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29325]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old highway is just too dangerous. Thieves are smart, and we're like sitting ducks there if we're behind a truck and forced to stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57819]]></link><description><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender eyes,   As stars look on the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51277]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not consolation. It is light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not consolation. It is light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1229]]></link><description><![CDATA[As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. -Mahatma Gandhi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firm and erect the Caledonian stood; Sound was his mutton, and his claret good;  "Let him drink port!" the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firm and erect the Caledonian stood; Sound was his mutton, and his claret good;  "Let him drink port!" the English statesman cried:   He drank the poison, and his spirit died.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea is to make the chambers speak to the governments to implement these proposals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea is to make the chambers speak to the governments to implement these proposals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50362]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard him yell at [All-America first baseman Aaron] Bates the other day. Not many people yell at Aaron Bates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34469]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard him yell at [All-America first baseman Aaron] Bates the other day. Not many people yell at Aaron Bates . That's when I knew Caleb Mangum had arrived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast bind, fast find-- A proverb never stale in thrifty mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast bind, fast find-- A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never takechances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21978]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never takechances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when silence has the loudest voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21654]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when silence has the loudest voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who suffers before it is necessary,suffers more than isnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who suffers before it is necessary,suffers more than isnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24530]]></link><description><![CDATA[And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65082]]></link><description><![CDATA[I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26667]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66421]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thus, what can we do, Poor rose and poet too,  Who both antedate our mission   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54428]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thus, what can we do, Poor rose and poet too,  Who both antedate our mission   In an unprepared season?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had reports from farmers that they had seen baby snakes and their mothers out together and I thought, this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35946]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had reports from farmers that they had seen baby snakes and their mothers out together and I thought, this is crazy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great news for the overall economy. Inflation is rearing its ugly head and may soon stifle economic growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27955]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In oratory the will must predominate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22226]]></link><description><![CDATA[In oratory the will must predominate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are in some brown study. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58040]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are in some brown study.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47363]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a thorn that has stuck in our sides for year. We went from being one of the best to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32849]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a thorn that has stuck in our sides for year. We went from being one of the best to the bottom 10 in the nation last year. I have let it be known from Day 1 in practice that we will not forget that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He called them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55843]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He called them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56244]]></link><description><![CDATA[I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy?  Some cost a passing bell;   Some a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12857]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy?  Some cost a passing bell;   Some a light sigh,    That shakes from Life's fresh crown     Only a rose-leaf down.      If there were dreams to sell,       Merry and sad to tell,        And the crier rung the bell,         What would you buy?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He assembled a management team who, under his skilled leadership, guided American through the early days of deregulation and built ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35680]]></link><description><![CDATA[He assembled a management team who, under his skilled leadership, guided American through the early days of deregulation and built it into one of the world's preeminent airlines,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The potential for local search and local advertising comes into play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The potential for local search and local advertising comes into play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39332</guid></item></channel></rss>