<?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[A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25178]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47043]]></link><description><![CDATA[True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's own observation, what he find good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26676]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's own observation, what he find good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60732]]></link><description><![CDATA[So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So full of shapes is fancy That it alone is high fantastical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15290]]></link><description><![CDATA[So full of shapes is fancy That it alone is high fantastical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1835]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36988]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that "adjustment" to a sick and insane environment is of itself not "health" but sickness and insanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st unseen   Slumbering the festal hours away,    While Youth disports in that enchanting scene;     Till on some fated day      Thou with a tiger-spring dost leap upon thy prey,       And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was known as the chief grave robber of my state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47082]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody saw anyone being handcuffed. Officer Gant was moving into a position of cover. He was coming around a planter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody saw anyone being handcuffed. Officer Gant was moving into a position of cover. He was coming around a planter with a tree in it. His view was partially obstructed when the shot was fired. Sgt. Reed was in the arrest process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29087]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35941]]></link><description><![CDATA[This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46354]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope...and that enables you to laugh at all of life's realities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63637]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon --but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx --the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14860]]></link><description><![CDATA[How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed;  All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a good joke but we do it much better in England. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23236]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dare to write As funny as I can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dare to write As funny as I can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4319]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46612]]></link><description><![CDATA[However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words walked right out of my mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words walked right out of my mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Information is not knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Information is not knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak;  . . . .   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56596]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak;  . . . .   They are slaves who dare not be    In the right with two or three.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32537]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to the U.S. doesn't get you much in return,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had some tough basketball games this year. There's going to be some tough ones down the road. The Perry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33761]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had some tough basketball games this year. There's going to be some tough ones down the road. The Perry game Tuesday is just as important to us. Tonight we came out with a real sense of purpose and things worked out well for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27615]]></link><description><![CDATA[What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics are people with the tears wiped from their eyes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statistics are people with the tears wiped from their eyes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8809]]></link><description><![CDATA[A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who try to live near God and have formed the habit of faithfulness to Him in the small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who try to live near God and have formed the habit of faithfulness to Him in the small things of our daily life, can hope in times of need for that special light which shows us our path. To do as well as we can the job immediately before us, is the way to learn what we ought to do next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To whom much is given, much is required. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21090]]></link><description><![CDATA[To whom much is given, much is required.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child  Than the sea-monster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child  Than the sea-monster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For freedom only deals the deadly blow;  Then sheathes in calm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45861]]></link><description><![CDATA[This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For freedom only deals the deadly blow;  Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade,   For gentle peace in freedom's hallowed shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Didn't the lion of Islam, the Mujahid Shaykh Osama bin Laden, may Allah protect him, offer you a truce so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Didn't the lion of Islam, the Mujahid Shaykh Osama bin Laden, may Allah protect him, offer you a truce so that you might depart from the Islamic lands? But you were obstinate and were led by arrogance to more crime and your foreign secretary, Jack Straw, said these proposals deserve to be met with contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary by-pass. After such a monumental assault on the heart, it takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary by-pass. After such a monumental assault on the heart, it takes years to amend all the habits and attitudes that led up to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failing to plan is planning to fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failing to plan is planning to fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63957]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44847]]></link><description><![CDATA[To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44847</guid></item></channel></rss>