<?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[To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60668]]></link><description><![CDATA[To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I do grow great, I'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8858]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are wholly complete and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1149]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are wholly complete and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this truth about you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes, And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes, And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi,   And something from "Palpiti!"    Sing forte when first you begin it,     Piano the very next minute,      They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"       Don't sing English ballads to me!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,  And heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,  And heard thy everlasting yarn confess   The Pains and Penalties of Idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can’t watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor’s tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48487]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind that broods o'er guilty woes Is like a scorpion girt by fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind that broods o'er guilty woes Is like a scorpion girt by fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great families of yesterday we show, And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great families of yesterday we show, And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook. [Lat., Cautus enim metuit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58406]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook. [Lat., Cautus enim metuit foveam lupus, accipiterque  Suspectos laqueos, et opertum milvius hamum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were playing hardball and almost twisting their arm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33020]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were playing hardball and almost twisting their arm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard, ... Just listening to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard, ... Just listening to my father . . . So just basically following that and following my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether it would be a feature film or not I didn't know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether it would be a feature film or not I didn't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New Testament is an intensely personal document. It is not the effort of a group of men who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New Testament is an intensely personal document. It is not the effort of a group of men who are out to prove something to us by the force of their rational arguments. But it is the testimony, or testament, of a group of witnesses... who are bent on simply reporting to us the experience of a love that overtook them and overwhelmed them, a peace that passed all their understanding, and a peace that they in turn would pass on to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Mahatma Gandhi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Mahatma Gandhi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36762]]></link><description><![CDATA[For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[December drops no weak, relenting tear, By our fond Summer sympathies ensnared,  Nor from the perfect circle of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11566]]></link><description><![CDATA[December drops no weak, relenting tear, By our fond Summer sympathies ensnared,  Nor from the perfect circle of the year   Can even Winter's crystal gems be spared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone succeed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19190]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone succeed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are eagles of one nest - the nest is in our soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53421]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are eagles of one nest - the nest is in our soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49802]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43330]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery travels free through the whole world! [Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery travels free through the whole world! [Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65750]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29859]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the most powerful scream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the most powerful scream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very easy to say everything is outrageous. But if you have an oil company that's setting up its own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33231]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very easy to say everything is outrageous. But if you have an oil company that's setting up its own environmental department, for example, what do you do? Do you spit in its eye, or do you make sure that what they do actually has some substance?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45064]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ring flies a long way because it's so thin. It's sailed as far as 1,333 feet, a Guinness world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28671]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ring flies a long way because it's so thin. It's sailed as far as 1,333 feet, a Guinness world record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60126]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak)  Bodes me no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52979]]></link><description><![CDATA[That Raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak)  Bodes me no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hajj period is important because of the large number of movements of people from around the world into one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30814]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hajj period is important because of the large number of movements of people from around the world into one location,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23791]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58115</guid></item></channel></rss>