<?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[These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4073]]></link><description><![CDATA[These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running; if you stand still, they will swallow you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9231]]></link><description><![CDATA[In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running; if you stand still, they will swallow you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52259]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, which extols resentment as a fuel of achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38319]]></link><description><![CDATA[In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave the way they did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57049]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never got to the bottom of streaking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38998]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never got to the bottom of streaking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her wherever she goes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50482]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her wherever she goes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21127]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63246]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13041]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship demands the ability to do without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship demands the ability to do without it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You start to put them all together and ... add up what we already are spending, you're going to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30391]]></link><description><![CDATA[You start to put them all together and ... add up what we already are spending, you're going to find it's fairly significant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martha has been a terrific partner. I've gotten to know her well of late, ... I can only see her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martha has been a terrific partner. I've gotten to know her well of late, ... I can only see her strengthening her relationship with us...I counsel with Martha. She's constantly helping me search out ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46263]]></link><description><![CDATA[To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26212]]></link><description><![CDATA[One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27212]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No blast of air or fire of sun Puts out the light whereby we run  With girdled loins our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9123]]></link><description><![CDATA[No blast of air or fire of sun Puts out the light whereby we run  With girdled loins our lamplit race,   And each from each takes heart of grace    And spirit till his turn be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure Norwood is doing the thing they think they need to do from a financial standpoint to keep their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42109]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure Norwood is doing the thing they think they need to do from a financial standpoint to keep their company healthy. But from a human nature standpoint, it's a tragedy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss But cheerly seek how to redress their harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9379]]></link><description><![CDATA[The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66494]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20240]]></link><description><![CDATA[How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.   - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;  An' what he thought 'e ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46641]]></link><description><![CDATA[When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;  An' what he thought 'e might require,   'E went an' took--the same as me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy houses from people in almost any area, any condition, or price range. I specialize in finding creative solutions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38566]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy houses from people in almost any area, any condition, or price range. I specialize in finding creative solutions to real estate problems that others won't touch. I handle all of the paperwork, make all the arrangements, and close within a few days if necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to close it again on something solid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to close it again on something solid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Femininity appears to be one of those pivotal qualities that is so important no one can define it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Femininity appears to be one of those pivotal qualities that is so important no one can define it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 Commemoration of William & Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 Commemoration of William & Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 & 1890 O Jesus, King most wonderful!   O Conqueror renowned! O Source of peace ineffable,   In whom all joys are found:  When once you visit darkened hearts   Then truth begins to shine, Then earthly vanity departs,   Then kindles love divine. O Jesus, light of all below,   The fount of life and fire,  Surpassing all the joys we know,   All that we can desire: May ev'ry heart confess your name,   Forever you adore, And, seeking you, itself inflame   To seek you more and more! Oh, may our tongues forever bless,   May we love you alone  And ever in our lives express   The image of your own!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make make trading much easier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14242]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make make trading much easier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bleed, bleed, poor Country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,  For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bleed, bleed, poor Country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,  For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs,   The title is affeered!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get wealth and power, if possible by grace, If not, by any means, get wealth and place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get wealth and power, if possible by grace, If not, by any means, get wealth and place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A knave’s religion is always the rottenest thing about him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23895]]></link><description><![CDATA[A knave’s religion is always the rottenest thing about him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. -Ellen Glasgow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46067]]></link><description><![CDATA[No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. -Ellen Glasgow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35547]]></link><description><![CDATA[People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ask people not to rush us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34846]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ask people not to rush us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9916</guid></item></channel></rss>