<?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[Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See yonder maker of the dead man's bed, The sexton, hoary-headed chronicle,  Of hard, unmeaning face, down which ne'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18207]]></link><description><![CDATA[See yonder maker of the dead man's bed, The sexton, hoary-headed chronicle,  Of hard, unmeaning face, down which ne'er stole   A gentle tear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat to him the words of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62031]]></link><description><![CDATA[He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat to him the words of gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the experience and the drive to win it all. We have been dreaming since we were five years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33046]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the experience and the drive to win it all. We have been dreaming since we were five years old of carrying home a state championship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came through and made a big block on a punt and scored off of that. We've got to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39806]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came through and made a big block on a punt and scored off of that. We've got to do a better job ourselves of kick coverage, punt protections and extra points.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To look into that persons eyes and find yourself so completely lost in another world, a world full of absolute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25770]]></link><description><![CDATA[To look into that persons eyes and find yourself so completely lost in another world, a world full of absolute comfort and happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19819]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24808]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53553]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "art of tea" is a spiritual force for us to share ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "art of tea" is a spiritual force for us to share]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This might be the biggest parade we've ever had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32283]]></link><description><![CDATA[This might be the biggest parade we've ever had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is the only law which genius knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is the only law which genius knows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western waves. But thou, thyself, movest alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46725]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap - and they know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35784]]></link><description><![CDATA[My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God save the mark. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55844]]></link><description><![CDATA[God save the mark. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An arch never sleeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3020]]></link><description><![CDATA[An arch never sleeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8027]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26937]]></link><description><![CDATA[But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582  The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582  The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All that He has, all that He is, He gives; all that we are, all that we have, He takes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24228]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60410]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity- but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9306]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What! the girl I adore by another embraced? What! the balm of her breath shall another man taste?  What! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11031]]></link><description><![CDATA[What! the girl I adore by another embraced? What! the balm of her breath shall another man taste?  What! pressed in the dance by another's man's knee?   What! panting recline on another than me?    Sir, she's yours; you have pressed from the grape its fine blue,     From the rosebud you've shaken the tremulous dew;      What you've touched you may take. Pretty waltzer--adieu!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They work rain or shine. It is just the greatest help to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41989]]></link><description><![CDATA[They work rain or shine. It is just the greatest help to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21536]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was alway yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing to make it too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55912]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was alway yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing to make it too common. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say that a farm boy knows how to milk a cow is to say that we can send him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47193]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say that a farm boy knows how to milk a cow is to say that we can send him out to the barn with an empty pail and expect him to return with milk. To say that a criminologist understands crime is not to say that we can send him out with a grant or a law and expect him to return with a lower crime rate. He is more likely to return with a report on why he has not succeeded yet, and including the inevitable need for more money, a larger staff, more sweeping powers, etc.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge exists to be imparted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge exists to be imparted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A eulogist of past times. [Lat., Laudator temporis acti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A eulogist of past times. [Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In heaven an angel is nobody in particular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2519]]></link><description><![CDATA[In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2519</guid></item></channel></rss>