<?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[I came out shooting and I wasn't really thinking about it. They went in, so I was glad it happened ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38102]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came out shooting and I wasn't really thinking about it. They went in, so I was glad it happened for us. We had some guys sick and everyone came out playing hard. That just shows the character of our team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1630]]></link><description><![CDATA[A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing from my personal experiences with him would ever have led me to question his integrity, his morals, his honesty. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing from my personal experiences with him would ever have led me to question his integrity, his morals, his honesty. He was always regarded as someone with real integrity and somebody with a keen moral compass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is on his sparrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48508]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is on his sparrow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63505]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38701]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63348]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63342]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.  Thine is an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.  Thine is an oyster knife, that hacks and hews;   The rage but not the talent to abuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Conceits and Caprices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Conceits and Caprices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told her we just needed a ball into the outfield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told her we just needed a ball into the outfield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42816]]></link><description><![CDATA[There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself. [Lat., Nihil infelicius eo, cui nihil unquam evenit adversi, non licuit enim illi se experiri.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43469]]></link><description><![CDATA[A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49825]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47228]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But when the issue is brought home to them, war becomes as important, for the necessary period, as business or sport. And it is hard to decide which is likely to be the more ominous for the Axis -- an American decision that this is sport, or that it is business. - The American Character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,  A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium   Nudus castra peto.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're almost inseparable. Sometimes it takes ten people to separate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53378]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're almost inseparable. Sometimes it takes ten people to separate them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe we are in a grace period. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe we are in a grace period.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil where he is known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man that you can paint the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It only takes few seconds for us to hurt someone, but sometimes it takes years to repair the damage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63005]]></link><description><![CDATA[It only takes few seconds for us to hurt someone, but sometimes it takes years to repair the damage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While guys are doing repairs in one location, another part of the crew is looting another location in the city. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30725]]></link><description><![CDATA[While guys are doing repairs in one location, another part of the crew is looting another location in the city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of Nature]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of saying we all sit together and agree to share the profit is highly problematic because different groups ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of saying we all sit together and agree to share the profit is highly problematic because different groups of people will demand a bigger slice of the pie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56605]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22575]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built upon the labors of my fellowmen, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built upon the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66044]]></link><description><![CDATA[A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In trying to be concise I become obscure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50278]]></link><description><![CDATA[In trying to be concise I become obscure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14634]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion. He hath indeed bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269   Those of a strong doctrinal background... assumed that Christ tied the knot when the catechism was memorized and parroted correctly. The result: a generation so obsessed with saying it right, they hardly dare say it at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is not human hearted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is not human hearted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38028]]></link><description><![CDATA[They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be presented in an entirely undogmatic way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be presented in an entirely undogmatic way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60760</guid></item></channel></rss>