<?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[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would find it bizarre to speak of tolerating blonds. For whatever reason, hair color has not been a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would find it bizarre to speak of tolerating blonds. For whatever reason, hair color has not been a basis of tribal identity or group politics in our culture; the concept of tolerance is never invoked in this context because there is too obviously nothing to tolerate. In a rational culture, the same would be true of race, ethnicity, and the like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a king? a man condemn'd to bear The public burthen of the nation's care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54494]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a king? a man condemn'd to bear The public burthen of the nation's care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was just a great game to watch. This is what Friday night football is all about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40878]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was just a great game to watch. This is what Friday night football is all about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40878</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[When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52220]]></link><description><![CDATA[When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13356]]></link><description><![CDATA[All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.  [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.  [Lat., Nam quamvis prope to, quamvis temone sub uno   Verentem sese, frustra sectabere cantum    Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life! The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,  And tints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life! The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,  And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41203]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adultery is the application of democracy to love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adultery is the application of democracy to love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our sales growth in the first quarter was driven by strong order momentum across our product lines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our sales growth in the first quarter was driven by strong order momentum across our product lines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." In truth, there is nothing that demonstrates the value of your skills more than putting them to good use for a cause you believe in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1988]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63087]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation Hercules, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48362]]></link><description><![CDATA[With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation Hercules, and still there are some misfits who continue to insist that there is no such thing as progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 The deaf may hear the Saviour's voice, The fettered tongue its chains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 The deaf may hear the Saviour's voice, The fettered tongue its chains may break; But the deaf heart, the dumb by choice, The laggard soul that will not wake, The guilt that scorns to be forgiven -- These baffle e'en the spells of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just see it as another guy trying to get what I'm trying to get, a win for our team. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just see it as another guy trying to get what I'm trying to get, a win for our team. I treat it like a battlefield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My immediate reaction was that our job had just increased by two or three years, but that the samples were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31070]]></link><description><![CDATA[My immediate reaction was that our job had just increased by two or three years, but that the samples were still there. A 200 miles-per-hour crash isn't going to dislodge solar wind atoms that are buried in the collectors. It's going to take longer and people are going to have to work harder...but the samples are still there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19523]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date;  Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date;  Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate,   Full on thy bloom,    Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight     Shall be thy doom!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were clearly underdogs coming into the series and now we are 1-0 up in the final. We believe in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41970]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were clearly underdogs coming into the series and now we are 1-0 up in the final. We believe in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To read Wilson... is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37092]]></link><description><![CDATA[To read Wilson... is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox,  Who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox,  Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished and locked up,   Will have a wild trick of his ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The markets are breaking out of a trading range to the upside, ... We're seeing the best advance decline ratios ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30187]]></link><description><![CDATA[The markets are breaking out of a trading range to the upside, ... We're seeing the best advance decline ratios in weeks. The rally seems to be pretty broad-based . . . more quality stocks are picking up, adding to techs' leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's looking like more of an electrical issue, but we are still waiting for the official word from the state ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33804]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's looking like more of an electrical issue, but we are still waiting for the official word from the state fire marshal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the opposite direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,   Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do what we must, and call it by the best names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44083]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do what we must, and call it by the best names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18205]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is dependent on effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is dependent on effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to hold a man is in your arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1618]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to hold a man is in your arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our message is, no matter what side of the issue your are on, get out there and vote. We want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our message is, no matter what side of the issue your are on, get out there and vote. We want a clear message. Absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only think when we are confronted with a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59175]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only think when we are confronted with a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that these kids are given an opportunity to play, because whatever happened before, they had nothing to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36253]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that these kids are given an opportunity to play, because whatever happened before, they had nothing to do with it. I just hope they have an opportunity to compete. They really deserve to. They have some great ballplayers in Cuba.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14571</guid></item></channel></rss>