<?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[This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18347]]></link><description><![CDATA[This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live in an onion that should water this sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9125]]></link><description><![CDATA[An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. -Walter Lippmann.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59954]]></link><description><![CDATA[A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23732]]></link><description><![CDATA[My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48268]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37022]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart, and upon the world around,...Looking upon the lives of men and women, he will perceive how the hasty word, the bitter retort, the act of deception, the blind prejudice and foolish resentment bring wretchedness and even ruin in their train.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;  And then, those little anodynes   That deaden ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19046]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain;  And then, those little anodynes   That deaden suffering;    And then, to go to sleep;     And then, if it should be      The will of its Inquisitor,       The liberty to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59102]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33507]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help him out. He knows he has to prove himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5510]]></link><description><![CDATA[And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's definitely an element of pride there. Outside the postseason, if you ask our guys which tournament they would like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30886]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's definitely an element of pride there. Outside the postseason, if you ask our guys which tournament they would like to win, they're probably say this one. I think everyone wants to do well at home and protect the home turf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may envy every one, but no one envies you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50638]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may envy every one, but no one envies you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21031]]></link><description><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet Beecher Stowe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18360]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must lead by example of mercy and forgiveness, a trait every Muslim must have by very definition of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34342]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must lead by example of mercy and forgiveness, a trait every Muslim must have by very definition of being a follower of Islam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   There's many a better thing to do than die!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll talk with trainers, doctors, coaches, but I'm looking to play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37352]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll talk with trainers, doctors, coaches, but I'm looking to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13872]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While I am speaking the opportunity is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50812]]></link><description><![CDATA[While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Good are better made by Ill, As odours crushed are sweeter still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/697]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Good are better made by Ill, As odours crushed are sweeter still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oppression can only survive through silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oppression can only survive through silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27934]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better. - "A Word to the Wizards".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is seated in the hearts of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57407]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is seated in the hearts of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He got there late and I briefed him. I'm not sure he didn't follow my lead out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40433]]></link><description><![CDATA[He got there late and I briefed him. I'm not sure he didn't follow my lead out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wings of angels are often found on the backs of the least likely people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63250]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wings of angels are often found on the backs of the least likely people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And read their history in a nation's eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19333]]></link><description><![CDATA[And read their history in a nation's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730   I have held many things in my hands, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730   I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22702]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of ways to check her story out and that's what we have been telling people. She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36407]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of ways to check her story out and that's what we have been telling people. She didn't do anything wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For goodness' sake, why elevate AIDS over cancer? She shouldn't have filled out that questionnaire at all, ... President Bush ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31193]]></link><description><![CDATA[For goodness' sake, why elevate AIDS over cancer? She shouldn't have filled out that questionnaire at all, ... President Bush is asking us to have faith in things unseen. We only have that kind of faith in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66810]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is right reason in the doing of work.   Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is right reason in the doing of work.   Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60605</guid></item></channel></rss>