<?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[Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'd have a hard time finding a major publishing company that has not begun to reduce its page size. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33013]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'd have a hard time finding a major publishing company that has not begun to reduce its page size.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9573]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15623]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35797]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rock-bye-baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock.  When the bough bends the cradle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rock-bye-baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock.  When the bough bends the cradle will fall,   Down comes the baby, cradle and all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo! where the rosy bosom'd Hours Fair Venus' train appear,  Disclose the long-expecting flowers,   And wake the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lo! where the rosy bosom'd Hours Fair Venus' train appear,  Disclose the long-expecting flowers,   And wake the purple year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20549]]></link><description><![CDATA[When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart unspotted is not easily daunted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51311]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firemen and police have a big Celtic background, from way back when New York police and firemen were mostly of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firemen and police have a big Celtic background, from way back when New York police and firemen were mostly of Irish and Scottish descent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20021]]></link><description><![CDATA['Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad. [Lat., Id commune malum; semel insanivimus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21022]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad. [Lat., Id commune malum; semel insanivimus omnes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26193]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48227]]></link><description><![CDATA[The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle, ... The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29388]]></link><description><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle, ... The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of rainy nights on the streets, so they got overcoats and wore them. They are young. Very refreshing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38325]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he that loseth his spirit loseth all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57387]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he that loseth his spirit loseth all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not a revolt, it is a revolution. [Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54136]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not a revolt, it is a revolution. [Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34910]]></link><description><![CDATA[[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine cones.] I was making little pine-cone people with razor blades, ... That's all I did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60615]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -Krishnamurti. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18963]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -Krishnamurti.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resignation is putting God between ourselves and our troubles ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resignation is putting God between ourselves and our troubles]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught:  Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught:  Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14601]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1249]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is but a canvas to our imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20540]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is but a canvas to our imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which a good thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of bankrupt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. But if you break ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45817]]></link><description><![CDATA[A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. But if you break a nation's nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44360]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AWB was prepared to deceive the UN as to the true nature of its contractual relationship with the Iraqi Grain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38433]]></link><description><![CDATA[AWB was prepared to deceive the UN as to the true nature of its contractual relationship with the Iraqi Grain Board.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point, with the mixture of the slushy snow because the temperature is at 32 or just a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37582]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point, with the mixture of the slushy snow 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/37582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is achieved without toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is achieved without toil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. -Aristotle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19476]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving humans freedom of will, the Creator has chosen to limit His own power. He risked the daring experiment of giving us the freedom to make good or bad decisions, to live decent or evil lives, because God does not want the forced obedience of slaves. Instead, He covets the voluntary love and obedience of sons who love Him for Himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46497]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1111</guid></item></channel></rss>