<?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[Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;  All the rest have thirty-one   Excepting February alone:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;  All the rest have thirty-one   Excepting February alone:    Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,     Till lap year gives it twenty-nine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; in fact, spirit is the essence of being human. You have a body that may become ill; you have a psyche that may become disturbed. But the spirit is what you are. It is your healthy core.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we did very well. We had two major benefactors that really made sure all the women and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we did very well. We had two major benefactors that really made sure all the women and the children in the shelter got their wish list.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature teaches beasts to know their friends. -Coriolanus. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature teaches beasts to know their friends. -Coriolanus. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9192]]></link><description><![CDATA[A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57938]]></link><description><![CDATA[They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something to what he has heard. [Lat., Hi narrata ferunt alio; mensuraque ficti  Crescit et auditus aliquid novus adjicit auctor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a lot of games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23286]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Registered Traveler Program is a significant step forward in the effort to balance aviation security and traveler convenience. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35844]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Registered Traveler Program is a significant step forward in the effort to balance aviation security and traveler convenience. It's a win-win proposition for consumers, businesses, airports, airlines and for the government. While travelers enjoy a more relaxing, less time consuming security screening process, the government can focus its security resources on more likely potential threats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up, and goes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5099]]></link><description><![CDATA[In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up, and goes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a symbol unmoors itself from what it symbolizes, it loses meaning. It becomes ineffective ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58502]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a symbol unmoors itself from what it symbolizes, it loses meaning. It becomes ineffective]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58502</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[The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great would have none great and the little all little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great would have none great and the little all little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because the temperature is at 32 or just a little above, it is heavy snow to push off the roadway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because the temperature is at 32 or just a little above, it is heavy snow to push off the roadway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24513]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are a very scary team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36195]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are a very scary team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are easier things in life than trying to find a nice guy...like nailing jelly to a tree for example ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61901]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are easier things in life than trying to find a nice guy...like nailing jelly to a tree for example]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dean Martin's albums for Capitol are among the most timeless vocal pop ever recorded. He was a great singer, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dean Martin's albums for Capitol are among the most timeless vocal pop ever recorded. He was a great singer, with a unique, behind-the-beat laconic style that perfectly fit his devil-may-care personality, and made very astute choices as to material and arrangers. And perhaps best of all, he never took himself too seriously, either on record or In life! We're thrilled that he's a big part of our artist roster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395]]></link><description><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44968]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52062]]></link><description><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very difficult to root out. When summarized in a few neat words or phrases, these gems of wisdom become substitutes for thought, and gradually take on much of the status of revealed truth. Occasionally, some iconoclast sees fit to challenge one of them, and a brief flurry ensues, after which things go on about as before. It is easy to think of plenty of ideas that are passing, if they have not already passed, beyond the stage of effective discussion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20259]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59892]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in us a tendency to locate the shaping forces of our existence outside ourselves. Success and failure are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47574]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in us a tendency to locate the shaping forces of our existence outside ourselves. Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things around us. Hence it is that people with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to preserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change. The tendency to look for all causes outside ourselves persists even when it is clear that our state of being is the product of personal qualities such as ability, character, appearance, health and so on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess is not only knowledge and logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess is not only knowledge and logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dead on the field of honour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dead on the field of honour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25229]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62253]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57279]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23560</guid></item></channel></rss>