<?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[Are you kidding me? How'd you do that? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you kidding me? How'd you do that?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/790]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.   - Frances R. Havergal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.   - Frances R. Havergal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18344]]></link><description><![CDATA[That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is a gift you give yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is a gift you give yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22119]]></link><description><![CDATA[You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18138]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill, And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!  While punctual beaux reward the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58559]]></link><description><![CDATA[May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill, And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!  While punctual beaux reward the grateful notes,   And pay for poems--when they pay for coats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13031]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot create observers by saying "observe," but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot create observers by saying "observe," but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It smelt so faint, and it smelt so sweet, It made me creep and it made me cold.  Like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23124]]></link><description><![CDATA[It smelt so faint, and it smelt so sweet, It made me creep and it made me cold.  Like the scent that steals from the crumbling sheet   Where a mummy is half unroll'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All these tests were ordered by the emergency department, ... I talked to radiologists at the hospital and they said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40694]]></link><description><![CDATA[All these tests were ordered by the emergency department, ... I talked to radiologists at the hospital and they said they have told the ER not to do those tests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're paying for it, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59618]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's definitely an advantage playing all our Sectional games here. It takes time, but eventually you realize it's the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33048]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's definitely an advantage playing all our Sectional games here. It takes time, but eventually you realize it's the same distance to the rim and you start to shoot the ball [well].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Now spurs the lated traveller apace  To gain the timely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Now spurs the lated traveller apace  To gain the timely inn, and near approaches   The subject of our watch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189   Some there are who presume so far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189   Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves capable of measuring the whole nature of things by their intellect, in that they esteem all things true which they see, and false which they see not. Accordingly, in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption, and seek the truth humbly, it was necessary that certain things far surpassing his intellect should be proposed to man by God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26581]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fear that the glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent.   - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45231]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fear that the glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent.   - Franklin J. Dickman,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day  Can tell the definition   So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day  Can tell the definition   So clear of victory,    As he, defeated, dying,     On whose forbidden ear      The distant strains of triumph       Break agonized and clear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23281]]></link><description><![CDATA[All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should I worship Him from fear of hell, may I be cast into it. Should I serve Him from desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should I worship Him from fear of hell, may I be cast into it. Should I serve Him from desire of gaining heaven, may He keep me out. But should I worship Him from love alone, He reveal Himself to me, that my whole heart may be filled with His love and presence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[- "I've been thinking Hobbes --"- "On a weekend?"- "Well, it wasn't on purpose..." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61502]]></link><description><![CDATA[- "I've been thinking Hobbes --"- "On a weekend?"- "Well, it wasn't on purpose..."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that you have a former friend for foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48748]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that you have a former friend for foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with human rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with human rights and human needs,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61158]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59602]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God keep me from false friends! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51515]]></link><description><![CDATA[God keep me from false friends!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Initial reports are that the Saturn failed to stop at a stop sign or just didn't see the truck coming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Initial reports are that the Saturn failed to stop at a stop sign or just didn't see the truck coming and pulled out in front of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks I got the sun in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks I got the sun in the mornin' -- and the moon at night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can observe a lot just by watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44778]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can observe a lot just by watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme! The young men's vision, and the old men's dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme! The young men's vision, and the old men's dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is pleasure after pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is pleasure after pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48950</guid></item></channel></rss>