<?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[Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which othermen have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which othermen have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the next 150 or 200 years and I am quite prepared to go myself with this majority... let us all look forward to the day when the catastrophe strikes us down!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day Love shall claim his own Some day Right ascend his throne,  Some day hidden Truth be known; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day Love shall claim his own Some day Right ascend his throne,  Some day hidden Truth be known;   Some day--some sweet day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like the weather, wait a minute ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61481]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like the weather, wait a minute]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can dream it, you can do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2653]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can dream it, you can do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22539]]></link><description><![CDATA[People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14046]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22520]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a tiny yellow daffodil, The butterfly can see it from afar,  Although one summer evening's dew could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10978]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a tiny yellow daffodil, The butterfly can see it from afar,  Although one summer evening's dew could fill   Its little cup twice over, ere the star    Had called the lazy shepherd to his fold,     And be no prodigal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59476]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way was long and weary, But gallantly they strode,  A country lad and lassie,   Along the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25459]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way was long and weary, But gallantly they strode,  A country lad and lassie,   Along the heavy road.    The night was dark and stormy,     But blithe of heart were they,      For shining in the distance       The lights of London lay.        O gleaming lights of London, that gem of the city's crown;         What fortunes be within you, O Lights of London Town!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one loves the man whom he fears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15493]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one loves the man whom he fears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64660]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5534]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38622]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the public, appear more genuinely apologetic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56657]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the unbearable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15934]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will pay one dollar for a two dollar item she doesn't want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65817]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The striking point about our model family is not simply the compete-compete, consume-consume style of life it urges us to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The striking point about our model family is not simply the compete-compete, consume-consume style of life it urges us to follow. The striking point, in the face of all the propaganda, is how few Americans actually live this way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56130]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. [Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet non pudebit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42801]]></link><description><![CDATA[By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The white sail of his soul has rounded The promontory--death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11164]]></link><description><![CDATA[The white sail of his soul has rounded The promontory--death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10252]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don't tell you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11701]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don't tell you is that every time you hear a mouse trap snap, and Angel gets set on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin with another's to end with your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin with another's to end with your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not blind; it simply enables one to see things others fail to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not blind; it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29556]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe;  Pattern in himself to know, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23517]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe;  Pattern in himself to know,   Grace to stand, and virtue go;    More nor less to others paying     Than by self-offenses weighing.      Shame to him whose cruel striking       Kills for faults of his own liking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16697]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DepLeted uranium is a warcrimein progress.Doug Rokkeappointed by Norman Schwarzkopf ascommander of a cleanup crew of several hundred,30 of whom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61167]]></link><description><![CDATA[DepLeted uranium is a warcrimein progress.Doug Rokkeappointed by Norman Schwarzkopf ascommander of a cleanup crew of several hundred,30 of whom have died of cancerhttp://indymedia.org.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee;  A clover, any time, to him   Is aristocracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3898]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee;  A clover, any time, to him   Is aristocracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless the president can stop the political rhetoric on both sides, we will not get to conference committee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless the president can stop the political rhetoric on both sides, we will not get to conference committee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays, And confident to-morrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51861]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays, And confident to-morrows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The NCAA is an exceptional meet. We're excited to be competing in the national championships and look forward to gaining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32751]]></link><description><![CDATA[The NCAA is an exceptional meet. We're excited to be competing in the national championships and look forward to gaining some success while we're there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11996]]></link><description><![CDATA[This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conditions at Oakley and Columbia are unconscionable, ... This is no way to set juvenile offenders on the course ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conditions at Oakley and Columbia are unconscionable, ... This is no way to set juvenile offenders on the course to law-abiding and productive lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59964]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59964</guid></item></channel></rss>