<?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[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To which is fixed as an aim or butt    Obedience; for so work the honeybees,     Creatures that by a rule in nature teach      The act of order to a peopled kingdom.       They have a king, and officers of sorts,        Where some like magistrates correct at home,         Others like merchants venture trade abroad,          Others like soldiers armed in their stings           Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds,            Which pillage they with merry march bring home             To the tent-royal of their emperor,              Who, busied in his majesties, surveys               The singing masons building roofs of gold,                The civil citizens kneading up the honey,                 The poor mechanic porters crowding in                  Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate,                   The sad-eyed justice with his surly hum                    Delivering o'er to executors pale                     The lazy yawning drone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23703]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bells themselves are the best of preachers, Their brazen lips are learned teachers,  From their pulpits of stone, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bells themselves are the best of preachers, Their brazen lips are learned teachers,  From their pulpits of stone, in the upper air,   Sounding aloft, without crack or flaw,    Shriller than trumpets under the Law,     Now a sermon and now a prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20454]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice  Of one, who from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice  Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims   Tidings of good to Zion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there;  Temple, mountain, monument, spire;   Ships ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there;  Temple, mountain, monument, spire;   Ships rigged out with sails of fire,    And blown by the evening air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54938]]></link><description><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23199]]></link><description><![CDATA[So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our two networks are so dissimilar because they overlap in so few places that this is not really going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our two networks are so dissimilar because they overlap in so few places that this is not really going to affect any one service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child In the last decade or so, science has discovered a tremendous amount about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55064]]></link><description><![CDATA[, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child In the last decade or so, science has discovered a tremendous amount about the role emotions play in our lives. Researchers have found that even more than IQ, your emotional awareness and abilities to handle feelings will determine your success and happiness in all walks of life, including family relationships. -John Gottman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And at my silent window-sill The jessamine peeps in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23120]]></link><description><![CDATA[And at my silent window-sill The jessamine peeps in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye,  That welcomes every changing hour,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10996]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye,  That welcomes every changing hour,   And weathers every sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51157]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my youth, where are they?"--and an echo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13299]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my youth, where are they?"--and an echo answered, "Where are they?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what we put up with here. We don't need that type of stuff here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37245]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what we put up with here. We don't need that type of stuff here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a couple glitches in the beginning with the machines. But there were no major problems. I think the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37204]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a couple glitches in the beginning with the machines. But there were no major problems. I think the only major issue was intimidation with the machines. Some people tried to make it harder than it was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63837]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Thou hast not made, or taught me, Lord, to care For times and seasons -- but this one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8209]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Thou hast not made, or taught me, Lord, to care For times and seasons -- but this one glad day Is the blue sapphire clasping all the lights That flash in the girdle of the year so fair When thou wast born a man -- because alway  Thou wast and art a man through all the flights  Of thought, and time, and thousandfold creation's play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31934]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth is the beginning of death ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birth is the beginning of death]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17611]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19990]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just unreal. I get 53 miles per gallon and it still hurts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just unreal. I get 53 miles per gallon and it still hurts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240  As a man increases in moral strength of character, so his conscience becomes more sensitive; he realizes more keenly the distance that separates him from the ideal, and hence the weight of the feeling of guiltiness oppresses him ever more heavily. Growth in goodness does not, therefore, necessarily imply increased happiness, on the contrary, it may mean greater unhappiness. And his unhappiness increasing in proportion to the elevation of his ethical standards, a man's end is either Buddha or suicide if he knows no God; while if he knows God, it is despair or that conversion which, having sobbed away its tears on the Father's breast, thence derives ever new strength to fight the battle of life, sure of the final victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was blind and stupid. I had no frame of reference to know what I was getting into. I'd never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41895]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was blind and stupid. I had no frame of reference to know what I was getting into. I'd never even done my own laundry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The certainties of one age are the problems of the next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19413]]></link><description><![CDATA[The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good news, worthy of all acceptation, and yet not too good to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44457]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good news, worthy of all acceptation, and yet not too good to be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're always looking for a way to enhance service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're always looking for a way to enhance service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not a reward; it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment ; it is a result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not a reward; it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment ; it is a result.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just tired of being a big fish in a small pond. This will be something different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just tired of being a big fish in a small pond. This will be something different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a goal, you cannot survive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a goal, you cannot survive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always hoped for a show that was realistic and provocative and moving and funny. And to me, it's exceeded ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36256]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always hoped for a show that was realistic and provocative and moving and funny. And to me, it's exceeded those expectations ... not to mention the people who have climbed aboard to join in it. As a creative endeavor, it's been the greatest experience of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of these companies are privately owned, and they now reach a point in their evolution where they grow to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of these companies are privately owned, and they now reach a point in their evolution where they grow to the point where they may lose family control of the business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43536]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59151]]></link><description><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have been right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27966]]></link><description><![CDATA[For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Cel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55630]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Cel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46604</guid></item></channel></rss>