<?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[Gloriously drunk, obey the important call. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gloriously drunk, obey the important call.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52580]]></link><description><![CDATA[If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we end one of the most challenging years for the in-store rental industry, we are focused more than ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38631]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we end one of the most challenging years for the in-store rental industry, we are focused more than ever on the overall profitability of our business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46633]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . . Our storydressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that we can do anything. We can score runs and we've come back from deficits before. We just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34769]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that we can do anything. We can score runs and we've come back from deficits before. We just came up short, but we are going to have to make sure that doesn't happen again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12824]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today this country is producing more first rate business graduates than elsewhere in the world, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today this country is producing more first rate business graduates than elsewhere in the world,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,  See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,   Which rank corruption destines for their heart!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am fond of children--except boys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17490]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am fond of children--except boys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53896]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47523]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30983]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?  Better dwell in the midst of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57174]]></link><description><![CDATA[O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?  Better dwell in the midst of alarms,   Than reign in this horrible place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40475]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, aggressive, intellectualized modes that may indeed cause them pain, for most women the ego is like a fragile African Violet, grown in secret from a seed, carefully nursed and fertilized and sheltered from too much sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ascension He has gone away, the Well-Beloved,  For our sake! He is risen, the Well-Beloved,  For our sake! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ascension He has gone away, the Well-Beloved,  For our sake! He is risen, the Well-Beloved,  For our sake! He has prayed, the Well-Beloved,  For our sake! He has spoken, He has sung, The Word was with God. Praises of the Father, Substance of the Father, The stamp and issue forever, In Love! Word of Love!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65003]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am more spontaneous than my character... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am more spontaneous than my character...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15879]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the residents thought because they were going south, the climate was going to be a lot warmer, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38726]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the residents thought because they were going south, the climate was going to be a lot warmer,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42875]]></link><description><![CDATA[To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Athletics should reduce stress, not increase it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Athletics should reduce stress, not increase it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We looked at the future map and it said agriculture. I thought the people here want to preserve farm land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42655]]></link><description><![CDATA[We looked at the future map and it said agriculture. I thought the people here want to preserve farm land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like an analogy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like an analogy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28747]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us,  That it ill behoves any of us   To find fault with the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no foods which are completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40092]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no foods which are completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54127]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36958]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65729]]></link><description><![CDATA[A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8952]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is not leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is not leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60066]]></link><description><![CDATA[To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, this is obviously a relief for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, this is obviously a relief for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43248]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then the face of night is fair in the dewy downs And the shining daffodil dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the face of night is fair in the dewy downs And the shining daffodil dies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No conclusion has been reached ... there's still no word what caused this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33812]]></link><description><![CDATA[No conclusion has been reached ... there's still no word what caused this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8407</guid></item></channel></rss>