<?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[It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29463]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love night more than day--she is so lovely; But I love night the most because she brings  My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44512]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love night more than day--she is so lovely; But I love night the most because she brings  My love to me in dreams which scarcely lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   Pain is a kindly, hopeful thing, a certain proof of life, a clear assurance that all is not yet over, that there is still a chance. But if your heart has no pain -- well, that may betoken health, as you suppose: but are you certain that it does not mean that your soul is dead?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53326]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53326</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 sun sets without thy assistance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun sets without thy assistance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet all how beautiful! Pillars of pearl Propping the cliffs above, stalactites bright  From the ice roof depending; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet all how beautiful! Pillars of pearl Propping the cliffs above, stalactites bright  From the ice roof depending; and beneath,   Grottoes and temples with their crystal spires    And gleaming columns radiant in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4559]]></link><description><![CDATA[For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is the body and soul of wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is the body and soul of wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45885]]></link><description><![CDATA[At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtlety set a trap and caught itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65592]]></link><description><![CDATA[He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than argument]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flirting is the art of keeping intimacy at a safe distance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flirting is the art of keeping intimacy at a safe distance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath no power that hath not power to use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47933]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath no power that hath not power to use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real estate, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dodgerest of all the dodgers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dodgerest of all the dodgers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me [the pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42344]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me [the pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing we're lacking when we get close to the end zone is toughness. We were in a position to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38343]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing we're lacking when we get close to the end zone is toughness. We were in a position to get back into the game in the third quarter and we turned the ball over. But I give Hillcrest a lot of credit they're a good team and have a lot of good players.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's scary, but we're holding our own right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35409]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's scary, but we're holding our own right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who did leave His Father's throne, To assume thy flesh and bone?  Had He life, or had He none? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who did leave His Father's throne, To assume thy flesh and bone?  Had He life, or had He none?   If he had not liv'd for thee,    Thou hadst died most wretchedly     And two deaths had been thy fee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50736]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This glorious raid, like the others before it in New York, Washington and Madrid, has moved our battle right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29809]]></link><description><![CDATA[This glorious raid, like the others before it in New York, Washington and Madrid, has moved our battle right to the enemy's doorstep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John is a great docent, because he's very relaxed, very knowledgeable and he doesn't have any big agenda. He just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41987]]></link><description><![CDATA[John is a great docent, because he's very relaxed, very knowledgeable and he doesn't have any big agenda. He just wants people to enjoy themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would also like the portraits to remain in Austria. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would also like the portraits to remain in Austria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54058]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51577]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9463]]></link><description><![CDATA[As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And some to Meccah turn to pray, and I toward thy bed, Yasmin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53639]]></link><description><![CDATA[And some to Meccah turn to pray, and I toward thy bed, Yasmin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it belongs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it belongs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight,  Let it be tenable in your silence still. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight,  Let it be tenable in your silence still.   And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,    Give it an understanding but no tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest creatures: yet still the same reason gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10193]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest creatures: yet still the same reason gives it: for Optima corrupta pessima: the best things corrupted become the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are spending to rebuild their lives, even if they don't have a job or have lost their home. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36030]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are spending to rebuild their lives, even if they don't have a job or have lost their home. I thought we would have seen quite a slowdown. But people are apparently trying to keep as much of their lifestyles as they can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest Criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, afriend, an aquaintance, or a stranger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest Criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, afriend, an aquaintance, or a stranger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of factors we don't know definite answers to yet, to know whether this is OK or not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40986]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of factors we don't know definite answers to yet, to know whether this is OK or not OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. [Ger., Schad'um die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58079]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. [Ger., Schad'um die Leut'! Sind sonst wackre Bruder  Aber das denkt, wie ein Seifensieder.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58079</guid></item></channel></rss>