<?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 do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet was he but a squire of low degree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet was he but a squire of low degree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4047]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a friendship set to music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a friendship set to music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that poverty and oysters always seem to go together." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45354]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that poverty and oysters always seem to go together."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23608]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47910]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of it people will have to see. Once they see it, they will understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of it people will have to see. Once they see it, they will understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19638]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced that fact, we must act accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, qui jamais autoir pu dire  Que ce petit nez retrousse   Changerait les lois d'un empire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B King.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dont put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dont put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living is in this moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11945]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3299]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41482]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5811]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24030]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2283]]></link><description><![CDATA[To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it -- this is a hard lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as to say, that man's a-waitin' for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61591]]></link><description><![CDATA["When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The basic demand of young people and of employees is that the law be withdrawn. He has to respond to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The basic demand of young people and of employees is that the law be withdrawn. He has to respond to the people in the street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have been working with Dean Gail and the Office of the Dean of Students to make sure that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33092]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have been working with Dean Gail and the Office of the Dean of Students to make sure that the needs of our visitors are met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tavern owners and, by extension, the beer truck companies (we do sell some trucks to people who deliver beer) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tavern owners and, by extension, the beer truck companies (we do sell some trucks to people who deliver beer) have not pulled any business from GM over our support of MADD.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is down need fear no fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42784]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is down need fear no fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43952]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is not a good Christian who is not heartily sorry for the faults even of his greatest enemies. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7245]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is not a good Christian who is not heartily sorry for the faults even of his greatest enemies. And if he will be so, he will lay them bare no further than is necessary to some good end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Channel is that silver strip of sea which severs merry England from the tardy realms of Europe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Channel is that silver strip of sea which severs merry England from the tardy realms of Europe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2046]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings but also to refuse to get stuck in the negative ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard nothing whatsoever about this alleged media speculation. This is a matter for the judiciary to decide on, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28229]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard nothing whatsoever about this alleged media speculation. This is a matter for the judiciary to decide on, not for politicians and Jalal should know better than that. Why should he make a statement on the accused to the public? The court, the judge need to decide on this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A people free to choose will always choose peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63422]]></link><description><![CDATA[A people free to choose will always choose peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41619]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one wants to start with the proposition that it's obviously in their (Conservatives') advantage to have the election in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30780]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one wants to start with the proposition that it's obviously in their (Conservatives') advantage to have the election in January-February, no, the data doesn't support that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievement results from work realizing ambition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achievement results from work realizing ambition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. -Elie Weisel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who fears his servants is less than a servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51607]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who fears his servants is less than a servant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; as long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down. God can do nothing while my interest is in my personal character--He will take care of this if I obey His call. In learning to love God and people as He commanded us to do, obviously your sanctification cannot but come, but not as an end in itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6889</guid></item></channel></rss>