<?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[I have heard it said that the first ingredient of success -- the earliest spark in the dreaming youth -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12909]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard it said that the first ingredient of success -- the earliest spark in the dreaming youth -- if this; dream a great dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You complain, Velox, that the epigrams which I write are long. You yourself write nothing; your attempts are shorter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14060]]></link><description><![CDATA[You complain, Velox, that the epigrams which I write are long. You yourself write nothing; your attempts are shorter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10475]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/927]]></link><description><![CDATA[One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57068]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's such unremitting attention to the Oscars after the nominations come out. That automatically sparks greater sales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's such unremitting attention to the Oscars after the nominations come out. That automatically sparks greater sales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money so that I can afford to go on creating more inventions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syllables govern the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Syllables govern the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neat, not gaudy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neat, not gaudy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14617]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65967]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're moving sound closer and closer. It's really increasing pressure on the ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31794]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're moving sound closer and closer. It's really increasing pressure on the ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24204]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is to know whether Israel wants peace or not, and if it is ready to respect its international ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41310]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is to know whether Israel wants peace or not, and if it is ready to respect its international engagements, notably the roadmap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary by-pass. After such a monumental assault on the heart, it takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary by-pass. After such a monumental assault on the heart, it takes years to amend all the habits and attitudes that led up to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With no more sign of wisdom than a beard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51726]]></link><description><![CDATA[With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ is our Passover! And we will keep the feast  With the new leaven,   The bread of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ is our Passover! And we will keep the feast  With the new leaven,   The bread of heaven:    All welcome, even the least!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impartially their talents scan, Just education forms the man.   - John Gay, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impartially their talents scan, Just education forms the man.   - John Gay,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace,  Unlooking for such grace,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace,  Unlooking for such grace,   I shall behold your face!    Some day, some day of days, thus may we meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There rose no day, there roll'd no hour Of pleasure unembitter'd;  And not a trapping deck'd my power,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48768]]></link><description><![CDATA[There rose no day, there roll'd no hour Of pleasure unembitter'd;  And not a trapping deck'd my power,   That gall'd not while it glitter'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The project raises some concerns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The project raises some concerns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weavethe web of life; he is merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weavethe web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web,he does to himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand times less than we deserve, and much less than many of our fellow-creatures are suffering around us. Let us therefore pray for grace to be humble, thankful, and patient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't want to get the same kind of advice from everyone on your board. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15860]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't want to get the same kind of advice from everyone on your board.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN Lo, God, our God has come!   To us a Child is born, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6853]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN Lo, God, our God has come!   To us a Child is born, To us a Son is given;   Bless, bless the blessed morn! O happy, lowly lofty birth, Now God, our God, has come to earth! Rejoice, our God has come!   In love and lowliness; The Son of God has come   The sons of men to bless. God with us now descend to dwell, God in our flesh, Immanuel. Praise ye the word made flesh!   True God, true man is He. Praise ye the Christ of God!   To Him all glory be. Praise ye the Lamb that once was slain, Praise ye the king that comes to reign.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no short cut, nor "royal road," to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38358]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no short cut, nor "royal road," to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to pursue is long, difficult, and unsafe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see an awful lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61941]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see an awful lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18798]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add a few drops of malice to a half truth and you have an absolute truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Add a few drops of malice to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I always had a chauffer, because I have never driven a car in my life. I still can't drive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I always had a chauffer, because I have never driven a car in my life. I still can't drive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44815]]></link><description><![CDATA[An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16805]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9216]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34802]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over the summer for class,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thee is a skeleton on every house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thee is a skeleton on every house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things to their proper places. [Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things to their proper places. [Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna  Reducet in sedem vice.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51926</guid></item></channel></rss>