<?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[It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14698]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3806]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The paintings have been in Vienna for 68 years, and people in Europe saw them all the time. I thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The paintings have been in Vienna for 68 years, and people in Europe saw them all the time. I thought it would be a beautiful thing to show them in this country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2169]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51943]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While I breath, I hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19814]]></link><description><![CDATA[While I breath, I hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't seen this many people since I played bar mitzvahs years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen this many people since I played bar mitzvahs years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free," "I am free." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free," "I am free."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None is offended but by himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49660]]></link><description><![CDATA[None is offended but by himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the broom I take in my hands to sweep the world clean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the broom I take in my hands to sweep the world clean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June:  And, though perhaps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June:  And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold,   A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16832]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5097]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to get one that bucks so I can get a good score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42169]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to get one that bucks so I can get a good score.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostileworld. Same world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostileworld. Same world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir Beatle is inviting 300 people. They are all sworn to secrecy, lest this get in the papers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir Beatle is inviting 300 people. They are all sworn to secrecy, lest this get in the papers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43132]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil witnesses are eyes and ears of men, if they have souls that do not understand their language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil witnesses are eyes and ears of men, if they have souls that do not understand their language.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird loves her nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird loves her nest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60530]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59942]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been a real shot in the arm for the tie business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35655]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been a real shot in the arm for the tie business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served him, he would never have damned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55210]]></link><description><![CDATA[God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served him, he would never have damned me to all eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasteful "brain drain" in America today is the drain in the kitchen sink. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23883]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasteful "brain drain" in America today is the drain in the kitchen sink.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65426]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59852]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65608]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31486]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55166]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is our second ceremony by the beach. It's the closest we could get to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40315]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is our second ceremony by the beach. It's the closest we could get to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who loves me will love my dog also. [Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who loves me will love my dog also. [Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12648</guid></item></channel></rss>