<?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[Only a life lived for others is worth living ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is worth living]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. Andthe harms we do, we do to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28873]]></link><description><![CDATA[The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If someone says "can't," that shows you what to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21464]]></link><description><![CDATA[If someone says "can't," that shows you what to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24083]]></link><description><![CDATA[All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This picture, plac'd the busts between Gives Satire all its strength;  Wisdom and Wit are little seen   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14058]]></link><description><![CDATA[This picture, plac'd the busts between Gives Satire all its strength;  Wisdom and Wit are little seen   While Folly glares at length.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/933]]></link><description><![CDATA[If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame thenightmares because of my dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame thenightmares because of my dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This initiative is being financed by Californians who want to try it in Colorado instead of their own backyard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39623]]></link><description><![CDATA[This initiative is being financed by Californians who want to try it in Colorado instead of their own backyard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The president has the power to pick up a pen and require car companies to raise fuel-efficiency standards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The president has the power to pick up a pen and require car companies to raise fuel-efficiency standards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1644]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17016]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[some people who have same-sex attraction have changedÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦and instead have successfully actualized their heterosexual potential and are now ex-gay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35611]]></link><description><![CDATA[some people who have same-sex attraction have changedÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦and instead have successfully actualized their heterosexual potential and are now ex-gay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints  From every pulpit in the land it needs to be thundered forth that God still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints  From every pulpit in the land it needs to be thundered forth that God still lives, that God still observes, ... still reigns. Faith is now in the crucible, it is being tested by fire, and there is no fixed... resting place for the heart and mind but in the Throne of God. What is needed now, as never before, is a full, positive, constructive setting forth of the Godhood of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we came out in the second half -- once we kind of settled in -- and played pretty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31306]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we came out in the second half -- once we kind of settled in -- and played pretty well. We just made so many mistakes early that we let it get away from us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48901]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of the dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12933]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of the dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nationals were held here in 1960, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nationals were held here in 1960,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15311]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way  Until the peacock led him in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46001]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way  Until the peacock led him in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be no talking about money because if she does that's all that's going to be talked about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37660]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be no talking about money because if she does that's all that's going to be talked about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sky full of silent suns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56519]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sky full of silent suns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are skinned. [Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10494]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are skinned. [Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de Melun; vous criez devant qu'on vous esorche.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66047]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66047</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[I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17984]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest, most of the time we talked about life and other different things. It was really a wonderful time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why --but the editorialists forget it --terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A father in a canoein which his baby is seatedwalks more carefully than on land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15171]]></link><description><![CDATA[A father in a canoein which his baby is seatedwalks more carefully than on land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid question will always receive a confident answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9668]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid question will always receive a confident answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love in its essence is spiritual fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love in its essence is spiritual fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48502]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse,  Not more distinct from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse,  Not more distinct from harmony divine   The constant creaking of a country sign.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65305]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3974]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3360]]></link><description><![CDATA[The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very surprised to receive the award. As a coach, you're only as good as your players. I've been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40308]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very surprised to receive the award. As a coach, you're only as good as your players. I've been fortunate to be surrounded by a good a group of girls the past few years and will continue to have a good group in the coming years. All of the credit goes to the girls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? -- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? -- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less of this cold world the more of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less of this cold world the more of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14753]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53071</guid></item></channel></rss>