<?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[You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24316]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8820]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The timing of the bombings was clearly designed to wreak the greatest level of havoc and carnage. They are an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The timing of the bombings was clearly designed to wreak the greatest level of havoc and carnage. They are an attack on the democratic process and cannot be justified by any political cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39355]]></link><description><![CDATA[So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and carefully study the reactions and mannerisms of a friend who was expecting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16976]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we were driving, we saw a sign that said "Watch for Rocks." Marta said it should read "Watch for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11727]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we were driving, we saw a sign that said "Watch for Rocks." Marta said it should read "Watch for Pretty Rocks." I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke - just to get out of writing a simple letter! And I thought I was lazy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get off the grapevine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4564]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy: lying in state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy: lying in state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,  By time subdues (what will not time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2755]]></link><description><![CDATA[My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,  By time subdues (what will not time subdue!)   An horrid chasm disclosed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48398]]></link><description><![CDATA[A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23754]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They pretty much made the Freedom of Information Act a joke. It is like pulling teeth to try to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28417]]></link><description><![CDATA[They pretty much made the Freedom of Information Act a joke. It is like pulling teeth to try to get anything out of them these days. And I am talking about stuff that has historically been readily disclosed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point, they should get better every time they take the mat and learn something. It's important that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30967]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point, they should get better every time they take the mat and learn something. It's important that we pull together when it really matters at the conference tournament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nation's first chief executive took his oath of office in April in New York City on the balcony of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Nation's first chief executive took his oath of office in April in New York City on the balcony of the Senate Chamber at Federal Hall on Wall Street. General Washington had been unanimously elected President by the first electoral college, and John Ad]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find a need and fill it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find a need and fill it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58981]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[did not have his own sources of funding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33141]]></link><description><![CDATA[did not have his own sources of funding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64220]]></link><description><![CDATA[In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4054]]></link><description><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9168]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16811]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter is a smart player. He can read the play and he doesn't have to run from one corner to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peter is a smart player. He can read the play and he doesn't have to run from one corner to the other. He always seems to be in good position. He's a guy who would rather pass than shoot. He's done exactly what I thought he would.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63554]]></link><description><![CDATA[The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hygiene is two thirds of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hygiene is two thirds of health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education: A debt due from present to future generations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education: A debt due from present to future generations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64860]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. [Lat., Aspere facetiae, ubi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23246]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. [Lat., Aspere facetiae, ubi nimis ex vero traxere,  Acram sui memoriam relinquunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27195]]></link><description><![CDATA[They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. There's not a task to mankind given... without a woman in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16443]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never look a gift horse in the mouth. [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never look a gift horse in the mouth. [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above himself in spirit. [Lat., Amator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above himself in spirit. [Lat., Amator Jesu et veritatis . . . potest se . . . elevare supra seipsum in spiritu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63439</guid></item></channel></rss>