<?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[A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20474]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is apparently some connection between dissatisfaction with oneself and proneness to credulity. The urge to escape our real self ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52286]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is apparently some connection between dissatisfaction with oneself and proneness to credulity. The urge to escape our real self is also an urge to escape the rational and the obvious. The refusal to see ourselves as we are develops a distaste for facts and cold logic. There is no hope for the frustrated in the actual and the possible. Salvation can come to them only from the miraculous, which seeps through a crack in the iron wall of inexorable reality. They asked to be deceived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquireit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquireit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47071]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion-- To pray for them that have done scathe to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6177]]></link><description><![CDATA[A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion-- To pray for them that have done scathe to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United States. By early adulthood, a large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United States. By early adulthood, a large proportion of Americans smoke, are overweight, and drink alcohol to excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught  The dialect they speak, where melodies   Alone are the interpreters of thought?    Whose household words are songs in many keys,     Sweeter than instrument of man e'er caught!   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It feels good to know you've got this time to know you're going to be in the top 20. We're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35235]]></link><description><![CDATA[It feels good to know you've got this time to know you're going to be in the top 20. We're going to have to work hard in (winter) mat drills, things like that, to hopefully keep it there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is no more to be imputed to them as a crime, than the appearance of the latter; for both, being the work of nature, are alike unavoidable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion, That if by chance it be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15540]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion, That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble,  Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret,   Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11688]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to Dispatch than Method. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to Dispatch than Method.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people "the cops." But you know, sometimes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people "the cops." But you know, sometimes, you've just got no choice; those kids gotta get to school!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare,   A little child in a manger. The oxen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare,   A little child in a manger. The oxen knew Him, had Him in their care,   To men He was a stranger, The safety of the world was lying there,   And the world's danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64775]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure The table round. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure The table round.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1212]]></link><description><![CDATA[The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe it is extremely important for the Japanese people to strive to accurately understand this past history along with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34520]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe it is extremely important for the Japanese people to strive to accurately understand this past history along with the ensuing era.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtney's students, teachers and other students have signed up to volunteer to work the different shifts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtney's students, teachers and other students have signed up to volunteer to work the different shifts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433   One can say: "I will, but my body does not obey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433   One can say: "I will, but my body does not obey me"; but not: "My will does not obey me".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good and the wise lead quiet lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good and the wise lead quiet lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20189]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the dishes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and thus burying your poor sardonyx? Such rings are more suited to your legs the weight is too great for fingers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57688]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59679]]></link><description><![CDATA[No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain. -Love's Labour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55471]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60308]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing is loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharing is loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No pressure, no diamonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1050]]></link><description><![CDATA[No pressure, no diamonds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She can do things that no one in our district can do. She's got a quick first step, and is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40165]]></link><description><![CDATA[She can do things that no one in our district can do. She's got a quick first step, and is an incredible athlete. I'm honored to have the opportunity to coach her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cardinal rule is you stay on line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39559]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cardinal rule is you stay on line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our customers have told us that they want access to high-speed data services. Through expanded deployment strategies and highly successful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our customers have told us that they want access to high-speed data services. Through expanded deployment strategies and highly successful self-installs, we believe that our 2001 projection is very achievable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds  In loveliness of perfect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6142]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds  In loveliness of perfect deeds,   More strong than all poetic thoughts;    Which he may read that binds the sheaf,     Or builds the house, or digs the grave,      And those wild eyes that watch the waves       In roarings round the coral reef.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - My Summer in a Garden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39873]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39873</guid></item></channel></rss>