<?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 is an arson because someone has burned down buildings but because we don't have all of the evidence we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29258]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an arson because someone has burned down buildings but because we don't have all of the evidence we're still considering what the charges will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66416]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good prayer is master of anothers purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good prayer is master of anothers purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57617]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bring me wine, but wine which never grew In the belly of the grape,  Or grew on vine whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bring me wine, but wine which never grew In the belly of the grape,  Or grew on vine whose tap-roots, reaching through   Under the Andes to the Cape,    Suffered no savor of the earth to escape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew it was going to be tough. In most of the brackets, there were 3-4 kids with 30 wins. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36476]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew it was going to be tough. In most of the brackets, there were 3-4 kids with 30 wins. But overall, we weren't at our best today. Some kids just had an off day today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46330]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66546]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23670]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They can't give us any word ? alive, or what ? but we are hoping he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40941]]></link><description><![CDATA[They can't give us any word ? alive, or what ? but we are hoping he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird a typical American child ever sees is a canary in a pet shop window? When the only wild animal he knows is a rat - glimpsed on a night drive through some city slum? When the only tree he touches is the cleverly fabricated plastic evergreen that shades his gifts on Christmas morning?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63215]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they move is marked by violence and destruction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has broken the law and I know that he had a problem of abusing, but inside of him he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42025]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has broken the law and I know that he had a problem of abusing, but inside of him he is kind and loving and caring, too, and people who know him well know that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake did a great job. Two runs, we'll take that most days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jake did a great job. Two runs, we'll take that most days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2291]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65178]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historians are prophets with their face turned backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is empty and all the devils are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is empty and all the devils are here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stock market might be a variable, but I think it's totally trumped by other factors right now, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stock market might be a variable, but I think it's totally trumped by other factors right now,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40707</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[Madison's height took us out early in the game but we never quit. We continued to play our game. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madison's height took us out early in the game but we never quit. We continued to play our game. It is what we do. We play basketball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. -General Omar Bradley.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36599]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We absolutely miss him. He is crucial to what we do. When you get used to having someone like that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We absolutely miss him. He is crucial to what we do. When you get used to having someone like that and then all of a sudden you don't have him, it means you have to adjust. We're having trouble adjusting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've tested our products in Alaska, the Arizona desert and the Florida Keys and after 30 years they still look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33315]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've tested our products in Alaska, the Arizona desert and the Florida Keys and after 30 years they still look great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17731]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life goes on, and I'm moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life goes on, and I'm moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running will thrive. They have millions of loyal viewers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down aninvitation to dinner without giving an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down aninvitation to dinner without giving an excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't know why the numbers are up. There hasn't been any apparent growth in the county, yet some of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33174]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't know why the numbers are up. There hasn't been any apparent growth in the county, yet some of the enrollment figures have grown and we aren't sure why.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22079]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A credulous thing is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A credulous thing is love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ant and the GrasshopperIn a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,chirping and singing to its heart's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1519]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ant and the GrasshopperIn a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by,bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to thenest.Why not come and chat with me, said the Grasshopper,instead of toiling and moiling in that way?I am helping to lay up food for the winter, said the Ant,and recommend you to do the same.Why bother about winter? said the Grasshopper; we have gotplenty of food at present. But the Ant went on its way andcontinued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had nofood and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the antsdistributing every day corn and grain from the stores they hadcollected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1519</guid></item></channel></rss>