<?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[Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27584]]></link><description><![CDATA[People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom outweighs any wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom outweighs any wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14396]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice. [Lat., Avidos vicinum funus ut aegros  Exanimat, mortisque metu sibi parcere cogit;   Sic teneros animos aliena opprobria saepe    Absterrent vitiis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44280]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65290]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what youshouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21712]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what youshouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11452]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musick helps not the tooth-ach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Musick helps not the tooth-ach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33881]]></link><description><![CDATA[The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends on the oppression of others, that for some to have good lives there must be others whose lives are truncated and brutal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3460</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[Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be that the arms start coming down as (drivers) are going through. Maybe it's just somebody bumping into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38196]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be that the arms start coming down as (drivers) are going through. Maybe it's just somebody bumping into it. This is typical equipment, and you could have an occasional breakdown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22311]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42182]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61368]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27773]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A song of hate is a song of Hell; Some there be who sing it well.  Let them sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57213]]></link><description><![CDATA[A song of hate is a song of Hell; Some there be who sing it well.  Let them sing it loud and long,   We lift our hearts in a loftier song:    We life our hearts to Heaven above,     Singing the glory of her we love,      England.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24882]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon. -Horace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive;  His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow,   That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw:    Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand,     That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand,      Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut.       And if at first he fail, his second summersaut        He instantly assays and from his nimble ring,         Still yarking never leaves, until himself he fling          Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll get some and take some home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33002]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll get some and take some home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know who set the schedule but it is negative for good results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31808]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know who set the schedule but it is negative for good results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just about every apartment complex in the north part of town is being converted. The price is so much better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just about every apartment complex in the north part of town is being converted. The price is so much better than a single-family residence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as old age is creeping on space, And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,  They kindly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as old age is creeping on space, And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,  They kindly leave us, though not quite alone,   But in good company--the gout or stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we did very well. We had two major benefactors that really made sure all the women and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we did very well. We had two major benefactors that really made sure all the women and the children in the shelter got their wish list.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44909]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25239]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e. from the Netherlands-Batavia.) [Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor fuisse Batavum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e. from the Netherlands-Batavia.) [Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor fuisse Batavum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness. The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by st ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaim You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; I now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cheerful loser is the winner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cheerful loser is the winner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38937]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61798]]></link><description><![CDATA[What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may all be inclined to think of man's countless foolish and selfish intentions, his twisted and mischievous words and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8570]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may all be inclined to think of man's countless foolish and selfish intentions, his twisted and mischievous words and deeds. From all these, sin can be known, as a tree can be known from its fruits. Yet these outward signs are not sin itself, the wages of which are death. Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are. Shall we call it our pride or our laziness, or shall we call it the deceit of our life? Let us call it for once the great defiance which turns us again and again into the enemies of God and of our fellowmen, even of our own selves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63365]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night is the mother of Councels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night is the mother of Councels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain—then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The year goes wrong, and tares grow strong, Hope starves without a crumb;  But God's time is our harvest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17077]]></link><description><![CDATA[The year goes wrong, and tares grow strong, Hope starves without a crumb;  But God's time is our harvest time,   And that is sure to come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17077</guid></item></channel></rss>