<?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[Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12643]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is important to remember is that people are resilient, and people do have the ability to build again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31800]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is important to remember is that people are resilient, and people do have the ability to build again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man-- Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!  Born the free heir of nature's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man-- Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!  Born the free heir of nature's wide domain,   To art's strict limits bounds his narrow'd reign;    Resigns his native rights for meaner things,     For Faith and Fetters, Laws and Priests and Kings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13710]]></link><description><![CDATA[True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47152]]></link><description><![CDATA[All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53683]]></link><description><![CDATA[To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. - The Wisdom of the Heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/778]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22128]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. - 1963.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65464]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64155]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4633]]></link><description><![CDATA["Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is more or less mad on one point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is more or less mad on one point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My husband was very enthusiastic, and my children are all investing. They have done some work with stock themselves because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36433]]></link><description><![CDATA[My husband was very enthusiastic, and my children are all investing. They have done some work with stock themselves because of our interest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53293]]></link><description><![CDATA[All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of lights were burning on the green branches, and gaily-colored pictures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of lights were burning on the green branches, and gaily-colored pictures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down upon her. The little maiden stretched out her hands towards them when--the match went out. The lights of the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, she saw them now as stars in heaven . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20222]]></link><description><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet when the neanderthal kids would make a snowman, someone would always end up saying, "Don't forget the thick, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11763]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet when the neanderthal kids would make a snowman, someone would always end up saying, "Don't forget the thick, heavy brows." Then they would all get embarrassed because they remembered they had the big hunky brows too, and they'd get mad and eat the snowman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Years and sins are always more than owned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Years and sins are always more than owned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A relationship is only complicated when one person is running it... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62940]]></link><description><![CDATA[A relationship is only complicated when one person is running it...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace at home, peace in the world ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace at home, peace in the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only white man you can trust is a dead white man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44447]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor is heaven always at peace. [Lat., Nec sidera pacem  Semper habent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor is heaven always at peace. [Lat., Nec sidera pacem  Semper habent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50450]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61141]]></link><description><![CDATA[When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're budgeted for this year. We did the budgeting for this year in the spring, so our year is set. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38238]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're budgeted for this year. We did the budgeting for this year in the spring, so our year is set. However, if the price remains high or goes higher, then we may have to drop a home-and-home series with someone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life so short, the craft so long to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27971]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life so short, the craft so long to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's every possibility that this is a murder we are dealing with, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32062]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's every possibility that this is a murder we are dealing with,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action makes more fortune than caution ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action makes more fortune than caution]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soul as white as Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57270]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soul as white as Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16198]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry on! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry on!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him, again and again, and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, "If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14957</guid></item></channel></rss>