<?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[Build me a shrine, and I could kneel To rural Gods, or prostrate fall;  Did I not see, did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Build me a shrine, and I could kneel To rural Gods, or prostrate fall;  Did I not see, did I not feel.   That One Great Spirit governs all.    O Heaven, permit that I may lie     Where o'er my corse green branches wave;      And those who from life's tumults fly       With kindred feelings press my grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26772]]></link><description><![CDATA[A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's almost the perfect storm. Things are coming together that we've never seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34593]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's almost the perfect storm. Things are coming together that we've never seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15061]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. . . . It is in our follies that we are one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2615]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal of self-advancement which the civilizing west offers to backward populations brings with it the plague of individual frustration. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56850]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal of self-advancement which the civilizing west offers to backward populations brings with it the plague of individual frustration. All the advantages brought by the West are ineffectual substitutes for the sheltering and soothing anonymity of communal existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sings frightens away his ills. [Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sings frightens away his ills. [Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326    If one could talk absolutely humanly about Christ, one would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326    If one could talk absolutely humanly about Christ, one would have to say that the words: "my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" are impatient and untrue. They can only be true if God says them, and consequently also when the God-Man says them. And indeed since it is true, it is the very limit of suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9617]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Selflove seems so often unrequited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23577]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all Damned Things is the individual human being. The social engineers, statistician, psychologist, sociologists, market researchers, landlords, bureaucrats, captains of industry, bankers, governors, commissars, kings and presidents are perpetually forcing this Damned Thing into carefully prepared blueprints and perpetually irritated that the Damned Thing will not fit into the slot assigned it. The theologians call it a sinner and try to reform it. The governor calls it a criminal and tries to punish it. the psychologist calls it a neurotic and tries to cure it. Still, the Damned Thing will not fit into their slots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4082]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did this after school because we don't want people to talk bad about us. We're here for our education ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38017]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did this after school because we don't want people to talk bad about us. We're here for our education and our future. If we're not going to school, what's the point of all this?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a country redneck bloke ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a country redneck bloke]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really trust a sane person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59747]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really trust a sane person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's an acre sown indeed, With the richest royalest seed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's an acre sown indeed, With the richest royalest seed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26226]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46681]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.  [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.  [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,   Das ist der rechte Mann.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Community service is a big part of scouting and this is a good project. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Community service is a big part of scouting and this is a good project.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the MuleA muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1554]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the MuleA muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both well laden. The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear. He entreated his companion to relieve him of a small portion, that he might carry home the rest; but the Mule paid no attention to the request. The Ass shortly afterwards fell down dead under his burden. Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him. The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: I am treated according to my deserts. If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19319]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat;  There's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46603]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat;  There's a human look in its swelling breast,   And the gentle curve of its lowly crest;    And I often stop with the fear I feel--     He runs so close to the rapid wheel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm thrilled to be adding Shawn to our administrative team. He brings a lot to the table. ... Being a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm thrilled to be adding Shawn to our administrative team. He brings a lot to the table. ... Being a native of Wisconsin, he knows our state. We are getting a very well-rounded and bright person to join our staff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art;  And in a low expiring strain,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art;  And in a low expiring strain,   Play all the comfort o'er again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60356]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music, and the banquet, and the wine-- The garlands, the rose odors, and the flowers,  The sparkling eyes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music, and the banquet, and the wine-- The garlands, the rose odors, and the flowers,  The sparkling eyes, and flashing ornaments--   The white arms and the raven hair--the braids,    And bracelets; swan-like bosoms, and the necklace,     An India in itself, yet dazzling not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're in a Manhattan building with 30 apartments that's one thing. But if you're the guy who parks your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39331]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're in a Manhattan building with 30 apartments that's one thing. But if you're the guy who parks your car in front of a suburban house in the middle of the night and you've got the screen from your laptop glowing, well...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I ask all Moslems to execute them wherever they find them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost because we told ourselves we lost ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25553]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost because we told ourselves we lost]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To build castles in Spain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20520]]></link><description><![CDATA[To build castles in Spain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are extremely excited about our opportunity in Indianapolis. You can see why anyone in the banking business would be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are extremely excited about our opportunity in Indianapolis. You can see why anyone in the banking business would be. Our sweet spot in business is really small- and mid-market-type business lending in addition to retail banking. Indianapolis has seen a lot of growth in small businesses. That's where our growth will come from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19448</guid></item></channel></rss>