<?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[Drive thy business, let not that drive thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If photography were difficult in the true sense . . . that the creation of a simple photograph would entail ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46567]]></link><description><![CDATA[If photography were difficult in the true sense . . . that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere or other there must surely be The face not seen, the voice not heard,  The heart that not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere or other there must surely be The face not seen, the voice not heard,  The heart that not yet--never yet--ah me!   Made answer to my word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit the mark? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit the mark?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a time early on in the days of Danni's Hard Drive that we were within the top 10 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32616]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a time early on in the days of Danni's Hard Drive that we were within the top 10 Web sites in the world,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just felt like what we were doing would be appreciated by someone else. We've enjoyed it, but it's nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just felt like what we were doing would be appreciated by someone else. We've enjoyed it, but it's nice to pass it on and not just put it away in a drawer somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear  In cadence sweet; now dying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4105]]></link><description><![CDATA[How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear  In cadence sweet; now dying all away,   Now pealing loud again, and louder still,    Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on!     With easy force it opens all the cells      Where Memory slept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,  By swaggering could I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52939]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,  By swaggering could I never thrive,   For the rain it raineth every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20621]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/109]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32586]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one of the huge highlights so far of my coaching career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted topleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted topleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity is a battle, not a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity is a battle, not a dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave her to Heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,  To prick and sting her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave her to Heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,  To prick and sting her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48483]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere fugiamus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people are to be taken in very small doses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people are to be taken in very small doses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19066]]></link><description><![CDATA[What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's recovering a little bit abroad (today). But, the outlook is for more U.S. losses ... so we have space ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's recovering a little bit abroad (today). But, the outlook is for more U.S. losses ... so we have space to fall further.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ramm!    Sing: Goddamm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2255]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Potential customers have more faith and confidence in the financial health of IBM. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Potential customers have more faith and confidence in the financial health of IBM.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to connect with audiences is truly remarkable. HBO will be able to give this gifted performer the broadest, most unrestricted showcase for his talent, and we're delighted to welcome him to the network.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he repents himself of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49359]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he repents himself of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19211]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy -- when properly aged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is one burden that is incompatible with your success. Always be the first to forgive; and forgive yourself first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is one burden that is incompatible with your success. Always be the first to forgive; and forgive yourself first always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To play at Chesse when the house is on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50010]]></link><description><![CDATA[To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearth for he magnetizes to your home those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearth for he magnetizes to your home those who love every heart.(typo corrected).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who works his land will have abundant food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4174]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who works his land will have abundant food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37413]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's gone, and what's past help, Should be past grieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51542]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's gone, and what's past help, Should be past grieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starres are poore books, and oftentimes do misse; This book of starres lights to eternal blisse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starres are poore books, and oftentimes do misse; This book of starres lights to eternal blisse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My toughest fight was with my first wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57712]]></link><description><![CDATA[My toughest fight was with my first wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/212]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57151]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis impious in a good man to be sad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54627]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis impious in a good man to be sad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54627</guid></item></channel></rss>