<?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[In America there are two classes of travel -- first class, and with children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59584]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America there are two classes of travel -- first class, and with children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25837]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am inhabited by a cry.Nightly it flaps outLooking, with its hooks, for something to love.I am terrified by this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26896]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am inhabited by a cry.Nightly it flaps outLooking, with its hooks, for something to love.I am terrified by this dark thingThat sleeps in me;All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47407]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three;  "Pull, if ye never pulled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three;  "Pull, if ye never pulled before;   Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he.    "Play uppe, play uppe, O Boston bells!     Ply all your changes, all your swells,      Play uppe The Brides of Enderby."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4472]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28835]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wakes a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62302]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wakes a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is perfect in the universe-even your desire to improve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is perfect in the universe-even your desire to improve it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62534]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we groan, so also does the Holy Spirit groan with us, putting a meaning into our aspirations which they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6346]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we groan, so also does the Holy Spirit groan with us, putting a meaning into our aspirations which they would not have of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31697]]></link><description><![CDATA[This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to identify the innocent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has some more things to learn, but he'll learn them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30869]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has some more things to learn, but he'll learn them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are six people in the race. There are jumps, turns and rollers and some huge jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36942]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are six people in the race. There are jumps, turns and rollers and some huge jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not really worried about it. I just tried to be a peacemaker... Sometimes it don't pay to be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39660]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not really worried about it. I just tried to be a peacemaker... Sometimes it don't pay to be the good guy, ... I just take it with a grain of salt and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances and see no other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24003]]></link><description><![CDATA[And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than howvaluable we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21299]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than howvaluable we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21299</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[A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1012]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, often have I thought to myself, I will sin but this one sin more, and then I will repent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, often have I thought to myself, I will sin but this one sin more, and then I will repent of it, and of all the rest of my sins together. So foolish was I, and ignorant. As if I should be more able to pay my debts when I owe more: or as if I should say, I will wound my friend once again, and then I will lovingly shake hands with him -- but what if my friend will not shake hands with me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of prayer. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of prayer. Prayer and devotion are united as soul and body are united, as life and the heart are united. There is no real prayer without devotion, no devotion without prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48493]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without the courage for death is slavery ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life without the courage for death is slavery]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive software facilities scattered about he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9107]]></link><description><![CDATA[A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive software facilities scattered about he globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common idea's and common ideals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This additional step will provide an extra layer of protection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31105]]></link><description><![CDATA[This additional step will provide an extra layer of protection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For out allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death,  because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59307]]></link><description><![CDATA[For out allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death,  because it is sealed up and no one turns back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. Every person in this life has something to teach me - and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening. -John Lahr.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS employees, whose idea of a dynamite tax tip is that you should print neatly. If you ask them a real tax question, such as how you can cheat, they're useless. So, for guidance, you want to look to big business. Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you seek.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The situation in Abidjan is very similar to the one we had yesterday. There's a crowd of Young Patriots outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The situation in Abidjan is very similar to the one we had yesterday. There's a crowd of Young Patriots outside the U.N. building as we speak, and it's a growing crowd. We had an attack on a U.N. convoy this morning shortly before 7 a.m.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19001]]></link><description><![CDATA[One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of tenyears, plant trees; if in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22738]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of tenyears, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like the chance to do a little more performing before I become too old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like the chance to do a little more performing before I become too old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58587</guid></item></channel></rss>