<?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[Just like you wouldn't give a book to someone who doesn't know how to read, don't give your heart to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just like you wouldn't give a book to someone who doesn't know how to read, don't give your heart to someone who doesn't know how to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10117]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One swallow does not make spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48603]]></link><description><![CDATA[One swallow does not make spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things can happen. We can make the playoffs and beat our cross-town rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things can happen. We can make the playoffs and beat our cross-town rivals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18118]]></link><description><![CDATA[In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you stop talking, you've lost your customer. When you turn your back, you've lost her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8877]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you stop talking, you've lost your customer. When you turn your back, you've lost her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The March sunne raises but dissolves not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The March sunne raises but dissolves not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20570]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea. [Lat., Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari,  Iule ceratis ope Daedalea   Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus    Nomina ponto.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There would be no great men if there were no little ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22487]]></link><description><![CDATA[There would be no great men if there were no little ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29766]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63566]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26223]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day is short, the work is much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day is short, the work is much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Them that has, gets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Them that has, gets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given -- all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything but a gun, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46992]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything but a gun, you were a radical but not a revolutionary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have different personnel than the '95 team. We have tough, tough guys who are willing to do whatever it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29633]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have different personnel than the '95 team. We have tough, tough guys who are willing to do whatever it takes to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promise is most given when the least is said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promise is most given when the least is said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He dies, and makes no sign. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55983]]></link><description><![CDATA[He dies, and makes no sign. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a new face courage puts on everything! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10333]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a new face courage puts on everything!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big majority of Americans, who are comparatively well off, have developed an ability to have enclaves of people living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27662]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big majority of Americans, who are comparatively well off, have developed an ability to have enclaves of people living in the greatest misery without almost noticing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We consider this normal revenge against Israeli aggression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28319]]></link><description><![CDATA[We consider this normal revenge against Israeli aggression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little pains In a due hour employ'd great profit yields. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little pains In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63723]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2588]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theme of satsangh: that there is Salvation in numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theme of satsangh: that there is Salvation in numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36945]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though I know he loves me, Tonight my heart is sad; His kiss was not so wonderful As all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I know he loves me, Tonight my heart is sad; His kiss was not so wonderful As all the dreams I had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable; performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that makes it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think there's any animosity between the two sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35837]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think there's any animosity between the two sides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rose were sette of swete savour, With many roses that thei bere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rose were sette of swete savour, With many roses that thei bere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66730]]></link><description><![CDATA[People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War, children, is just a shot away, it's just a shot away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27470]]></link><description><![CDATA[War, children, is just a shot away, it's just a shot away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail! Thou as victor crowned. [Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail! Thou as victor crowned. [Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60593</guid></item></channel></rss>