<?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[Men represent the triumph of mind over morals, whereas women represent the triumph of matter over mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men represent the triumph of mind over morals, whereas women represent the triumph of matter over mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16983]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely, sir, There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends;  For, being not propped by ancestry, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely, sir, There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends;  For, being not propped by ancestry, whose grace   Chalks successors their way, nor called upon    For high feats done to th' crown, neither allied     To eminent assistants, but spiderlike      Out of his self-drawing web, 'a gives us note,       The force of his own merit makes his way,        A gift that heaven gives for him, which buys         A place next to the king.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43291]]></link><description><![CDATA[How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas are fatal to caste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas are fatal to caste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is perhaps not entirely so, though it has often been said, that man makes his God in his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52332]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is perhaps not entirely so, though it has often been said, that man makes his God in his own image. Rather does he create Him in the image of his cravings and dreams- in the image of what man wants to be. God making could be part of the process by which a society realizes its aspirations: it first embodies them in the conception of a particular God, and then proceeds to imitate that God. The confidence requisite for attempting the unprecedented is most effectively generated by the fiction that in realizing the new we are imitating rather than originating. Our preoccupation with heaven can be part of an effort to find precedents for the unprecedented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there is a worm in the lonely wood, That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,  And makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51688]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there is a worm in the lonely wood, That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,  And makes it a sorrow to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into a mouth shut flies flie not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Into a mouth shut flies flie not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For death begins with life's first breathAnd life begins at touch of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11315]]></link><description><![CDATA[For death begins with life's first breathAnd life begins at touch of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39794]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12544]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who perpetrated such acts intend to sabotage what we are doing and prejudice us, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who perpetrated such acts intend to sabotage what we are doing and prejudice us,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be a learning game for everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be a learning game for everybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53721]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm at an age where I think more about food than I do about sex. Lastweek I put a mirror ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21588]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm at an age where I think more about food than I do about sex. Lastweek I put a mirror over my dining room table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails toalways reach my destination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21780]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails toalways reach my destination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58777]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from my heart?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No check, no stay this streamlet fears: How merrily it goes!  'Twill murmur on a thousand years,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51859]]></link><description><![CDATA[No check, no stay this streamlet fears: How merrily it goes!  'Twill murmur on a thousand years,   And flow as now it flows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48651]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;  Be not too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;  Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess   That the defect; better the more than less;    Better like Hector in the field to die,     Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12693]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three acres and a cow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three acres and a cow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25847]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Philippians 4:2]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aggregates industry may end up being like the dolphins getting stuck in the net with the tuna. If they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28418]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aggregates industry may end up being like the dolphins getting stuck in the net with the tuna. If they amend the (Mine Safety) Act, I don't see how they are going to differentiate between the different categories of mining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57594]]></link><description><![CDATA[The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more unpredictable the world is the more we rely on predictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more unpredictable the world is the more we rely on predictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I always sang, I always used to listen to old Bessie Smith records, and Kate Smith. And Billie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29919]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I always sang, I always used to listen to old Bessie Smith records, and Kate Smith. And Billie Holiday. Before television when there was radio.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2689]]></link><description><![CDATA[My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whinning about for years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another: people are friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another: people are friends in spots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54269]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60598]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,  A flash ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,  A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,   Man passes from life to his rest in the grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56862]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a movement to its faith, doctrine, propaganda, leadership, ruthlessness and so on, we are but referring to instruments of unification and to means used to inculcate a readiness for self-sacrifice. It is perhaps impossible to understand the nature of a mass movement unless it is recognized that their chief preoccupation is to foster, perfect and perpetuate a facility for united action and self-sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48394]]></link><description><![CDATA[God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get mad, then get over it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get mad, then get over it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65433]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43949]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43949</guid></item></channel></rss>