<?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[Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears:  Pause where we may upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears:  Pause where we may upon the desert road,   Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashions fade, style is eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashions fade, style is eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red flag is not with Iowa State. Iowa State just happened to be the only ones mentioned in the article.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24314]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The paintings have been in Vienna for 68 years, and people in Europe saw them all the time. I thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The paintings have been in Vienna for 68 years, and people in Europe saw them all the time. I thought it would be a beautiful thing to show them in this country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May, queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers,  With what pretty music   Shall we charm the hours?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26627]]></link><description><![CDATA[May, queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers,  With what pretty music   Shall we charm the hours?    Wilt thou have pipe and reed,     Blown in the open mead?      Or to the lute give heed       In the green bowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4165]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm disappointed with the results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm disappointed with the results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics are no substitute for judgment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statistics are no substitute for judgment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saw life steadily and saw it whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saw life steadily and saw it whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1623]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that we love them, not when we feel like it, but when they do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13843]]></link><description><![CDATA[They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and judgment and iron will; but they love him most for the enemies he has made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sexual regions constitute a particularly vulnerable spot, and remain so even in man, and the need for their protection ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sexual regions constitute a particularly vulnerable spot, and remain so even in man, and the need for their protection which thus exists conflicts with the prominent display required for sexual allurement. This end is far more effectively attained, with greater advantage and less disadvantage, by concentrating the chief ensigns of sexual attractiveness on the upper and more conspicuous parts of the body. This method is well-nigh universal among animals as well as in man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people were really wonderful. They helped each other. We passed places where there was a forest on one side ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people were really wonderful. They helped each other. We passed places where there was a forest on one side of the road. Our route took us where there had been small homes and multi-million dollar homes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we play like we did today we'll do good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42307]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we play like we did today we'll do good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new coaching staff seemed like they're ready to renovate. They said I was too good for (junior college). I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new coaching staff seemed like they're ready to renovate. They said I was too good for (junior college). I saw the spring game, and they looked like they were motivated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5450]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47427]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, Concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Rome for everything. [Sp., Y a Roma pro todo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54403]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Rome for everything. [Sp., Y a Roma pro todo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. A man is too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1433]]></link><description><![CDATA[They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left to him. Better bend than break. Never swap horses while crossing a stream.Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway. There is never time to do it right, but there is always time to do it over. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Fail to plan, plan to fail. -Carl W. Buechner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We understand when the international media fall into the trap of the Jewish settlers and run live coverage of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28232]]></link><description><![CDATA[We understand when the international media fall into the trap of the Jewish settlers and run live coverage of the evacuation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14284]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30141]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am really looking forward to returning to Dubai as always. The audiences are always receptive to my music and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30823]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am really looking forward to returning to Dubai as always. The audiences are always receptive to my music and Dubai as a city never ceases to amaze me ... it is constantly changing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last romance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5459]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs.The chicken is involved; the pig is committed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs.The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50263]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In God we trust; all others must pay cash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10604]]></link><description><![CDATA[In God we trust; all others must pay cash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blush, happy maiden, when you feel The lips which press love's glowing seal;  But as the slow years darklier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blush, happy maiden, when you feel The lips which press love's glowing seal;  But as the slow years darklier roll,   Grown wiser, the experienced soul    Will own as dearer far than they     The lips which kiss the tears away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45669]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45669</guid></item></channel></rss>