<?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[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat   Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe    That all was lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47098]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assumptions are the termites of relationships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assumptions are the termites of relationships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  It is through dying to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  It is through dying to concern for self that we are born to new life with God and others; in such dying and rebirth, we find that life is lent to be spent; and in such spending of what we are lent, we find there is an infinite supply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19037]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The experience has turned my writing from memoir to mentor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The experience has turned my writing from memoir to mentor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all labour there is profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48646]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all labour there is profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45185]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? [Fr., Il ne se ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42762]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? [Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,  Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4054]]></link><description><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is often attended with danger. [Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is often attended with danger. [Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63963]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Simon the cellarer keep a rare store Of Malmsey and Malvoisie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old Simon the cellarer keep a rare store Of Malmsey and Malvoisie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,   Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,    The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri volunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh--  To figure in the Catalogue,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh--  To figure in the Catalogue,   And woo the public eye.    Something I must invent and paint;     But oh my wit is not      Like one of those kind substantives       That answer Who and What?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains, Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste,  And in a cruel wantonness of power, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains, Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste,  And in a cruel wantonness of power,   Thinn'd states of half their people, and gave up    To want the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6416]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TV can be so fluid. If you can get a hot show or two you can build around that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30409]]></link><description><![CDATA[TV can be so fluid. If you can get a hot show or two you can build around that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not’? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65503]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not’?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12120]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46549]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50355]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauty of success lies not solely in your happiness. But also in ensuring that you stop to help those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62913]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauty of success lies not solely in your happiness. But also in ensuring that you stop to help those along your life's path become champions in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The probability is going up that there's going to be some kind of transaction involving Knight Ridder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The probability is going up that there's going to be some kind of transaction involving Knight Ridder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won the MASCAC every year I played at Salem State. Those were really good times. We went to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We won the MASCAC every year I played at Salem State. Those were really good times. We went to the Division III Sweet 16 twice while I was there. I also broke my own rebounding record twice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refrain from entering a profession where you are selling your time; as you will never receive fair value in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Refrain from entering a profession where you are selling your time; as you will never receive fair value in return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25342]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35098]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave in a certain way... style.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth,  And that was shining on him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14853]]></link><description><![CDATA[And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth,  And that was shining on him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are praying for them and their family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40063]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are praying for them and their family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64629]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem is not whether business will survive in competition with business, but whether any business will survive at all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5552]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem is not whether business will survive in competition with business, but whether any business will survive at all in the ;face of social change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17604]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19664]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call it the ripple in a great big water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37537]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call it the ripple in a great big water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your heart, but don’t forget to take your brain with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your heart, but don’t forget to take your brain with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is suffering from high blood pressure and he cannot walk properly. His situation is very bad. He is being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29831]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is suffering from high blood pressure and he cannot walk properly. His situation is very bad. He is being given 13 pills a day for his blood pressure, diabetes and other illnesses to prevent strokes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45704</guid></item></channel></rss>