<?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[My days are never long enough. Yet, they seem to last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65847]]></link><description><![CDATA[My days are never long enough. Yet, they seem to last forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27749]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57769]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen stall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation!  Blest with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen stall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation!  Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land   Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!    Then conquer we must when our cause it is just.     And this be our motto, "In God is our trust!"      And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave       O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we would like a presence for the block party we have planned for April 22, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32388]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we would like a presence for the block party we have planned for April 22,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as we are men. But we do not ordinarily apply it to the best purposes. It is not so ordinary for men to resolve to be good as to resolve to be rich and great, not so common for men to resolve against sin as to resolve against poverty and suffering. It is not so usual for men to resolve to keep a good conscience as to keep a good place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have so many contacts all over the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29608]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have so many contacts all over the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60602]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2701]]></link><description><![CDATA[An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24799]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of today's signings are more than capable of contributing to the success of the team. Zimmerman and Brown provide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31531]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of today's signings are more than capable of contributing to the success of the team. Zimmerman and Brown provide depth in defense, and Randolph and Ready give us balance on our left flank.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirsin your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirsin your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness thatdrapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightfulconditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true tothem, your world will at last be built.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26116]]></link><description><![CDATA[So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. [Lat., Ita enim finitima sunt falsa veris ut in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been through the fire and things are just starting to shine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30928]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been through the fire and things are just starting to shine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19546]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10743]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10944]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom triumphs over chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom triumphs over chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Moo-cow-moo's got a tail like a rope En it's ravelled down where it grows,  En it's just like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Moo-cow-moo's got a tail like a rope En it's ravelled down where it grows,  En it's just like feeling a piece of soap   All over the moo-cow's nose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blushing is the color of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blushing is the color of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only have there been recent cases of prisoners being tortured in detention, but to hold this huge number of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only have there been recent cases of prisoners being tortured in detention, but to hold this huge number of people without basic legal safeguards is a gross dereliction of responsibility on the part of both the U.S. and UK forces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61033]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really used to be more of an offensive player, ... But people kept getting bigger, so now I'm more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39068]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really used to be more of an offensive player, ... But people kept getting bigger, so now I'm more defensive-minded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46201]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50543]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feast not profuse but elegant; more of salt [refinement] than of expense. [Lat., Non ampliter, sed munditer convivium; plus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15593]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feast not profuse but elegant; more of salt [refinement] than of expense. [Lat., Non ampliter, sed munditer convivium; plus salis quam sumptus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15378]]></link><description><![CDATA[But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble is sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble is sex.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States, not regime change in Iraq ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4998]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States, not regime change in Iraq or South East Asia or the Balkans. A foreign war is a wonderful lollipop to stuff in the mouth of a possibly quarrelsome press.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear  The better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53099]]></link><description><![CDATA[But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear  The better reason, to perplex and dash   Maturest counsels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53099</guid></item></channel></rss>