<?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[Unbeing dead isn't being alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbeing dead isn't being alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12566]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will you still need me,will you still feed me..When I'm sixty-four? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will you still need me,will you still feed me..When I'm sixty-four?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you? -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23799]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you? -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind, supports the body too:  Hence, the most vital movement mortals ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind, supports the body too:  Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel   Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar  Of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2721]]></link><description><![CDATA[And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar  Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,   On the whole do you think he would have much to spare    If he married a woman with nothing to wear?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel Johnson County is the best location for the rain forest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37846]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel Johnson County is the best location for the rain forest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity. [Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44767]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity. [Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by holding elections. Silencing the leadership, the king hopes, will silence the people. Such actions belie his stated belief in democratic principles and the rule of law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is something I've always wanted. I grew up fishing and watching fishing shows on TV when I was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36858]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is something I've always wanted. I grew up fishing and watching fishing shows on TV when I was a kid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is just another muscle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is just another muscle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are neither dismissive nor cynical, ... They believe that the changes will matter and some of the early evidence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30778]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are neither dismissive nor cynical, ... They believe that the changes will matter and some of the early evidence, such as the rate of goal-scoring, bears out their expectations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52571]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63543]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out,  Even to a full disgrace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out,  Even to a full disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4805]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free. (explaining his contractual obligations) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57653]]></link><description><![CDATA[They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free. (explaining his contractual obligations)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2627]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good motto is: Use friendliness but do not use your friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16790]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good motto is: Use friendliness but do not use your friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant;  Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14831]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant;  Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm   To bring us good or to work with harm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66286]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17365]]></link><description><![CDATA[... one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had some bad turnovers and created some easy opportunities for them. The biggest thing in the fourth quarter is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had some bad turnovers and created some easy opportunities for them. The biggest thing in the fourth quarter is we gave up way too many offensive rebounds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on authenticity:   A mere form of religion does upon some accounts bring a man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on authenticity:   A mere form of religion does upon some accounts bring a man under a heavier sentence than if he were openly profane and irreligious. He that makes a show of religion flatters God, but all the while he acts and designs against him; whereas the profane man deals plainly, and tho' he be a monstrous and unnatural rebel, yet he is a fair and open enemy. And the kisses of a false friend are more hateful than the wounds of an open enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashions fade, style is eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashions fade, style is eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One out of suits with fortune. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55627]]></link><description><![CDATA[One out of suits with fortune. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1482]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14293]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet,  . . . .   Leave the chaff, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet,  . . . .   Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859   Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859   Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer is a way of offering ourselves to God in order that He should be able to make use of us. It may be that one of our great faults in prayer is that we talk too much and listen too little. When prayer is at its highest we wait in silence for God's voice to us; we linger in His presence for His peace and His power to flow over us and around us; we lean back in His everlasting arms and feel the serenity of perfect security in Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man naturally yearns for novelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man naturally yearns for novelty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't put the key of your happiness in someone elses pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't put the key of your happiness in someone elses pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most dreams of glory are safe because we never venture to put them into practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most dreams of glory are safe because we never venture to put them into practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19186</guid></item></channel></rss>