<?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[Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   There's many a better thing to do than die!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14113]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can'? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can'?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44794]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63741]]></link><description><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too bad when I was a kid there wasn't a guy in our class that everybody called the "Cricket Boy", ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too bad when I was a kid there wasn't a guy in our class that everybody called the "Cricket Boy", because I would have liked to stand up in class and tell everybody, "You can make fun of the Cricket Boy if you want to, but to me he's just like everybody else." Then everybody would leave the Cricket Boy alone, and I'd invite him over to spend the night at my house, but after about five minutes of that loud chirping I'd have to kick him out. Maybe later we could get up a petition to get the Cricket Family run out of town. Bye, Cricket Boy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm at an age where I think more about food than I do about sex. Lastweek I put a mirror ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21588]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm at an age where I think more about food than I do about sex. Lastweek I put a mirror over my dining room table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.  Sense is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.  Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound;   When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam;    Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running is a thing worth doing not because of the future rewards it bestows, but because of how it feeds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running is a thing worth doing not because of the future rewards it bestows, but because of how it feeds our bodies and minds and souls in the present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you get home at 9 p.m. and you try to call your broker, is he going to be there? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42135]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you get home at 9 p.m. and you try to call your broker, is he going to be there? I don't think so. But your computer will be. It doesn't have a mortgage and it doesn't need to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep, or a kiss too long,  And then comes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep, or a kiss too long,  And then comes a mist and a weeping rain,   And life is never the same again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't characterize the recess, but a recess in collective bargaining is not rare and is often called for various ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't characterize the recess, but a recess in collective bargaining is not rare and is often called for various reasons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with thee. He will not fail thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Smith and I have very similar ideas as far as schematics go, I think we compliment one another as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach Smith and I have very similar ideas as far as schematics go, I think we compliment one another as coaches very well. He has also become a great friend of mine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30277]]></link><description><![CDATA[These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman. Modo he's called, and Mahu. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman. Modo he's called, and Mahu.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For us it's about family. It affects my family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38014]]></link><description><![CDATA[For us it's about family. It affects my family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18687]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout  Of petulant capricious sects,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53473]]></link><description><![CDATA[So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout  Of petulant capricious sects,   That maggots of corrupted texts,    That first run all religion down,     And after every swarm its own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity and treating begin at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity and treating begin at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11854]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the guns begin to shoot!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the art of the possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the art of the possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starred forget-me-nots smile sweetly, Ring, bluebells, ring!  Winning eye and heart completely,   Sing, robin, sing!   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starred forget-me-nots smile sweetly, Ring, bluebells, ring!  Winning eye and heart completely,   Sing, robin, sing!    All among the reeds and rushes,     Where the brook its music hushes,      Bright the caloposon blushes,__       Laugh, O murmuring Spring!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59114]]></link><description><![CDATA[A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66113]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58907]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love because it's the only true adventure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2138]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love because it's the only true adventure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/368]]></link><description><![CDATA[If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is becoming the family of last resort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is becoming the family of last resort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He says anything that first comes into his mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50620]]></link><description><![CDATA[He says anything that first comes into his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You own a dog; you feed a cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12699]]></link><description><![CDATA[You own a dog; you feed a cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3866]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's extremity is God's opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's extremity is God's opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12389</guid></item></channel></rss>