<?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[Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42238]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do all things with love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do all things with love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who injures one man threatens many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51609]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who injures one man threatens many.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5717]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10791]]></link><description><![CDATA[He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35788]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be very proud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we have to question many of the assumptions underlying our current philosophy. Assumptions like bigger is better; you can't stop progress; no speed is too fast; globalization is good. Then we have to replace them with some different assumptions: small is beautiful; roots and traditions are worth preserving; variety is the spice of life; the only work worth doing is meaningful work; biodiversity is the necessary pre-condition for human survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our strength was that overall, we had a bunch of kids do well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our strength was that overall, we had a bunch of kids do well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35164]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom: the desire for desires ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom: the desire for desires]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56946]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your heart's desires be with you! -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your heart's desires be with you! -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those are some pretty big hits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those are some pretty big hits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can leave. I'll stay here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34794]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can leave. I'll stay here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prettiness dies first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prettiness dies first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48468]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is listening until you make a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28030]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is listening until you make a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you, but I love myself more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59908]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you, but I love myself more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why not be silent, patient, and watchful like a photographer? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why not be silent, patient, and watchful like a photographer?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46359]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The investigation is advancing on both tracks, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The investigation is advancing on both tracks,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been preparing for this moment for along time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38831]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been preparing for this moment for along time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to see where the jobs land and where jobs open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32368]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to see where the jobs land and where jobs open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times; they can only make you stronger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and have reasonable privileges of any human being-are able to go into a garden and turn over stone and see a worm and see a slug and see an ant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59123]]></link><description><![CDATA[When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is the hardest, so we decided to work through all that stuff early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Republicans want local control and management of our schools, the president and the Democrats want Washington mandates. That's really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Republicans want local control and management of our schools, the president and the Democrats want Washington mandates. That's really what it's all about,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go forth a conqueror and win great victories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be only sustainable competitive advantage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9212]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be only sustainable competitive advantage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4802]]></link><description><![CDATA[There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13585]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4191]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is likely to be highest when misery is bearable; when conditions have so improved that an ideal state seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is likely to be highest when misery is bearable; when conditions have so improved that an ideal state seems almost within reach. A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. De Tocqueville in his researches into the state of society in France before the revolution was struck by the discovery that "in no one of the periods which have followed the Revolution of 1789 has the national prosperity of France augmented more rapidly than it did in the twenty years preceding that event." He is forced to conclude that "the French found their position the more intolerable the better it became.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19904]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more!  So coldly sweet, so deadly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more!  So coldly sweet, so deadly fair,   We start, for soul is wanting there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65889]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16734]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16734</guid></item></channel></rss>