<?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[Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of badtraining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of badtraining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11002]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15259]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's high-energy, a 60-minute guy. He calls for the ball, he wants the ball every single snap. He's always looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30525]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's high-energy, a 60-minute guy. He calls for the ball, he wants the ball every single snap. He's always looking to make a big play, make something happen with the ball. He wants to get in the end zone; that's his goal every time he steps on the field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friends stab you in the front. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65656]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friends stab you in the front.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26431]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56066]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy mandoes not get much further. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy mandoes not get much further.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make your life a mission-not an intermission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make your life a mission-not an intermission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60992]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52330]]></link><description><![CDATA[When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable "animated instrument" which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desperate courage makes One a majority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desperate courage makes One a majority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16184]]></link><description><![CDATA[What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats need it; we don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats need it; we don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57410]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27229]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4047]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a special moment for soccer in this state. It's special for all three of us, the one time we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33941]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a special moment for soccer in this state. It's special for all three of us, the one time we can come together and support the same team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very small operation, there are five of us traveling, and I like working with different audiences, seeing how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29921]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very small operation, there are five of us traveling, and I like working with different audiences, seeing how different it is from one night to the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24791]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always reinventing music. We were an oddity when we formed, just a singer and a keyboard player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41405]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always reinventing music. We were an oddity when we formed, just a singer and a keyboard player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern war, the longest purse decides oftener than the longest sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47265]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern war, the longest purse decides oftener than the longest sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hungry man, an angry man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50959]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hungry man, an angry man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a competition in the grabbing off of scarce nature-given supplies, as it is in the animal kingdom. Rather, it is a competition in the positive creation of new and additional wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burnt. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Combining premier aviation choices and luxury destinations is a win-win for both of our companies. We look forward to extending ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Combining premier aviation choices and luxury destinations is a win-win for both of our companies. We look forward to extending our strategic alliance with Exclusive Resorts into the future as we continue to push the envelope in premium travel for our respective clientele.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and His Driver AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off andbolted to the brink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and His Driver AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off andbolted to the brink of a deep precipice. While he was in the actof throwing himself over, his owner seized him by the tail,endeavoring to pull him back. When the Ass persisted in hiseffort, the man let him go and said, Conquer, but conquer toyour cost.A willful beast must go his own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In small communities, so many big things happen that it's hard to choose just one person to honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42002]]></link><description><![CDATA[In small communities, so many big things happen that it's hard to choose just one person to honor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The honey-bee that wanders all day long The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er,  To gather in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3897]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honey-bee that wanders all day long The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er,  To gather in his fragrant winter store,   Humming in calm content his winter song,    Seeks not alone the rose's glowing breast,     The lily's dainty cup, the violet's lips,      But from all rank and noxious weeds he sips       The single drop of sweetness closely pressed        Within the poison chalice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  And do the best to climb, and get to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow if tomorrow might improve the odds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow if tomorrow might improve the odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26906]]></link><description><![CDATA[For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14771]]></link><description><![CDATA[My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -- it gives a lovely light!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be!. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be!.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   The first service one owes to others in the fellowship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   The first service one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love of God begins in listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God's love for us that He not only gives us His Word but lends us His ear. So it is His work that we do for our brother when we learn to listen to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8587</guid></item></channel></rss>