<?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[In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17371]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is sometimes ashamed of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46343]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14438]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13043]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now in his Palace of the West, Sinking to slumber, the bright Day,  Like a tired monarch fann'd to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now in his Palace of the West, Sinking to slumber, the bright Day,  Like a tired monarch fann'd to rest,   'Mid the cool airs of Evening lay;    While round his couch's golden rim     The gaudy clouds, like courtiers, crept--      Struggling each other's light to dim,       And catch his last smile e'er he slept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58422]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/886]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it because I'm behind it; it the folks out in front that I jar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He makes sweet music with th' enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55334]]></link><description><![CDATA[He makes sweet music with th' enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, "There's a star." The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, "There's a star." The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, "Superstar." I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is vital that we move forward together in the coming days as the transfer of sovereignty approaches, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30119]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is vital that we move forward together in the coming days as the transfer of sovereignty approaches,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They sing, they will pay. [Fr., Ils chantent, ils payeront.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56461]]></link><description><![CDATA[They sing, they will pay. [Fr., Ils chantent, ils payeront.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23719]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more friends by building people up than you can by tearing them down. And you can gain more friends by taking a few minutes from each day to do something kind for someone, whether it be a friend or a complete stranger. What a difference one person can make!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have peace with God by the righteousness of Christ, and peace of conscience by the fruits of righteousness in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6554]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have peace with God by the righteousness of Christ, and peace of conscience by the fruits of righteousness in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3012]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues a Deity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49821]]></link><description><![CDATA[The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues a Deity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who first invented work, and bound the free And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .  To that dry drudgery ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who first invented work, and bound the free And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .  To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood? . . .   Sabbathless Satan!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51387]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of recorded time,   And all our yesterdays have lighted fools    The way to dusty death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh Ronald McDonald when you smileeach of your teeth gravestones stands forbillions and billions of lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh Ronald McDonald when you smileeach of your teeth gravestones stands forbillions and billions of lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40640]]></link><description><![CDATA[From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy shoots at others and wounds itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy shoots at others and wounds itself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, The place is dignified by the doer's deed. -All 's Well that Ends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55721]]></link><description><![CDATA[From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, The place is dignified by the doer's deed. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44611]]></link><description><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer,   But a few think him pleasant enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made:  Men scent our fragrance on the air, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60721]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made:  Men scent our fragrance on the air,   Yet take no heed    Of humble lessons we would read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is said that gifts persuade even the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17435]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains more useful information than the whole of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back When gold and silver becks me to come on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back When gold and silver becks me to come on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiar acts are beautiful through love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiar acts are beautiful through love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You own a dog; you feed a cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12699]]></link><description><![CDATA[You own a dog; you feed a cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26793]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the imperial vot'ress passed on,   In maiden meditation, fancy-free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24611]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep your hope young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final reality, and the ultimate fact of our total situation to which we need to be adjusted, is God. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final reality, and the ultimate fact of our total situation to which we need to be adjusted, is God. That indeed would be my definition of God: God is He with whom we have ultimately to do, the final reality to which we have to face up, and with whom we have, in the last resort, to reckon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She stepped up and did what she was supposed to do. It picked the morale of the team up also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33094]]></link><description><![CDATA[She stepped up and did what she was supposed to do. It picked the morale of the team up also and just helped out a bunch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[new owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41850]]></link><description><![CDATA[new owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that's gone:  Violets plucked the sweetest rain  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that's gone:  Violets plucked the sweetest rain   Makes not fresh nor grow again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slander is worse than cannibalism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slander is worse than cannibalism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation, and he rails, Even there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55561]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation, and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the press, and in the same way as bull-fighting has a brutalizing effect upon Spain (of which she is unconscious), headlines of murder, rape, and rubbish, excite and demoralize the American public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was pretty obvious to everyone there that there was a significant group that had been part of that for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was pretty obvious to everyone there that there was a significant group that had been part of that for a long time that felt like there were still possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42233]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest lights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3700]]></link><description><![CDATA[More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3700</guid></item></channel></rss>