<?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[Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It appears that radiation and winds from the massive star triggered new stars to form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40970]]></link><description><![CDATA[It appears that radiation and winds from the massive star triggered new stars to form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9991]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die,  Espied a feather of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13107]]></link><description><![CDATA[That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die,  Espied a feather of his own,   Wherewith he wont to soar so high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42428]]></link><description><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44016]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60250]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51165]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12391]]></link><description><![CDATA[The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair?  Can guilt like man's be e'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair?  Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven?   Can vice atone for crimes by prayer?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -Dr Joyce Brothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -Dr Joyce Brothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6089]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not something I must do but something I want to do…. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not something I must do but something I want to do….]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57663]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't say I could do all that they do; they are really motivated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28856]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't say I could do all that they do; they are really motivated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think you ever go into a marriage to fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think you ever go into a marriage to fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38838]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have neither the pretension to solve all the problems of these deaf children nor the intention to sit down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12356]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have neither the pretension to solve all the problems of these deaf children nor the intention to sit down and feel sorry for these poor children, knowing that we could have made a difference in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   You have no questions to ask of any body, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   You have no questions to ask of any body, no new way that you need inquire after; no oracle that you need to consult; for whilst you shut yourself up in patience, meekness, humility, and resignation to God, you are in the very arms of Christ, your heart is His dwelling-place, and He lives and works in you as certainly as He lived in and governed that body and soul which He took from the Virgin Mary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just unreal. I get 53 miles per gallon and it still hurts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just unreal. I get 53 miles per gallon and it still hurts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing I can do is really mow the cover crop quite short so the sun can reach the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing I can do is really mow the cover crop quite short so the sun can reach the earth and the soil and really warm it quite a bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13793]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earned with the sweat of my brows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earned with the sweat of my brows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning  I spied three ships come sailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8633]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning  I spied three ships come sailing in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53504]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not released from his commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57480]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13017]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather be dead than cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56761]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather be dead than cool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45662]]></link><description><![CDATA[But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2286]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest decency. But it is from the far more difficult achievement of seeing ourselves amongst others, as a local example of the forms human life has locally taken, a case among cases, a world among worlds, that the largeness of mind, without which objectivity is self-congratulation and tolerance a sham, comes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coincidence is logical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coincidence is logical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy comes from using your potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy comes from using your potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sick StagA sick stag lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground. His companions came in great numbers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sick StagA sick stag lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground. His companions came in great numbers to inquire after his health, and each one helped himself to a share of the food which had been placed for his use; so that he died, not from his sickness, but from the failure of the means of living. Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earth's refreshed by frequent showers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8916]]></link><description><![CDATA[When clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earth's refreshed by frequent showers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft pity enters an iron gate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft pity enters an iron gate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3332</guid></item></channel></rss>