<?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[I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The night is bright, with a starlit sky, I sit and think, as time passes by. Oh starry night, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The night is bright, with a starlit sky, I sit and think, as time passes by. Oh starry night, with a moonlit sky, take me away, and tell me why. Give me a reason, for love's end, give me a reason, for why I lost a friend. I sit and think, all night l]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although we have received many calls expressing concerns and anger about this incident, we have not received any calls which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although we have received many calls expressing concerns and anger about this incident, we have not received any calls which will allow us to assist in resolving this case. We are extending our plea for information and help to our Duke family, who are also part of our community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59080]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? Three angels gave me at once a kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? Three angels gave me at once a kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novelty is that we reveal a potential communication, involving the transmitter serotonin, between immune cells that is normally only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novelty is that we reveal a potential communication, involving the transmitter serotonin, between immune cells that is normally only found between neurons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making bottles to meet Americans' demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making bottles to meet Americans' demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46530]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes of his understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21014]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes of his understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62092]]></link><description><![CDATA[To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She also won the gold medal in the Super Quiz and essay components. I've done essay judging since I began ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37997]]></link><description><![CDATA[She also won the gold medal in the Super Quiz and essay components. I've done essay judging since I began serving as coordinator in 2000, and Emma's essay was one of the best I've seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48914]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24662]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12598]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's still out enjoying his life and my brother is gone. We would like to see a little bit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29200]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's still out enjoying his life and my brother is gone. We would like to see a little bit of justice, that's all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They talk about the f------ mob; at least we've got principles! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36308]]></link><description><![CDATA[They talk about the f------ mob; at least we've got principles!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether it would be a feature film or not I didn't know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether it would be a feature film or not I didn't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It got so bad. I had to break down and tell him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30503]]></link><description><![CDATA[It got so bad. I had to break down and tell him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59057]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52904]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27982]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2800]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. I don’t know. Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don’t know the answer, I know only that I can’t. I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6717]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. [Lat., Nemo unquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59639]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. [Lat., Nemo unquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27101]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45348]]></link><description><![CDATA[She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is more important than intelligence for success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is more important than intelligence for success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started with my buddies when I was in high school, ... We all had shelves of old beer cans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36415]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started with my buddies when I was in high school, ... We all had shelves of old beer cans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such parting break the heart they fondly hope to heal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such parting break the heart they fondly hope to heal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie abgeglattet sind.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie abgeglattet sind.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you can't believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62876]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you can't believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must get 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/23379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61927]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his funny bone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of celebration to this thing, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40896]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of celebration to this thing,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolf and the CraneA WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1516]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolf and the CraneA WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf. In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like everybody points you to somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31154]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like everybody points you to somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully and yell for help if you need it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19176]]></link><description><![CDATA[My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully and yell for help if you need it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19176</guid></item></channel></rss>