<?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[The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what avail'd this temperance, not complete Against another object more enticing? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50650]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what avail'd this temperance, not complete Against another object more enticing?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Be comfortable with who you are', reads the headline on the Hush Puppies poster. Are they mad? If people were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27937]]></link><description><![CDATA['Be comfortable with who you are', reads the headline on the Hush Puppies poster. Are they mad? If people were comfortable with who they were, they'd never buy any products except the ones they needed, and then where would the advertising industry be?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it'll be viewed as positive action. It might create buyers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29364]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it'll be viewed as positive action. It might create buyers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Englishman's home is his castle ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47777]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Englishman's home is his castle]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31354]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13014]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vain, froward child of empire, say, Are all thy playthings snatched away? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vain, froward child of empire, say, Are all thy playthings snatched away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ We want you to know that we recognize your hard work and compassion on behalf of the children and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34692]]></link><description><![CDATA[ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ We want you to know that we recognize your hard work and compassion on behalf of the children and the families you have affected. We commend your commitment, determination and professional expertise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19557]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about being proud of who you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57206]]></link><description><![CDATA[That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about being proud of who you are, being proud of your situation and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing. Every day is a new surprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26526]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19241]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the cat in the pan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11516]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the cat in the pan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak;  That Latin was no more difficile  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak;  That Latin was no more difficile   That to a blackbird 'tis to whistle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[--To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,  Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59129]]></link><description><![CDATA[--To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,  Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all   Not yours. Given, uninherited, unpaid for;    This is to be a trickster; and to filch     Men's art and labour, which to them is wealth,      Life, daily bread;--quitting all scores with "friend,       You're troublesome!" Why this, forgive me,        Is what, when done with a less dainty grace,         Plain folks call "Theft."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is this midget, who is not fit to lace Beckham's boots? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is this midget, who is not fit to lace Beckham's boots?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free,  And like the wings of sea-birds  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59925]]></link><description><![CDATA[The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free,  And like the wings of sea-birds   Flash the white caps of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48331]]></link><description><![CDATA[An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about how cruel and unfair it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55280]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; / Somebody called him George and that was the end of it: / They hitched him up to the Army.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitiveto the least powerful in our society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitiveto the least powerful in our society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treading softly like a thief, Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,  And feeling all along the garden wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treading softly like a thief, Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,  And feeling all along the garden wall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto  Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde   Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thine, as then, the healing virtue goes Into our hearts -- that is the Father's plan. From heart to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8196]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thine, as then, the healing virtue goes Into our hearts -- that is the Father's plan. From heart to heart it sinks, it steals, it flows, From these that know thee still infecting those. Here is my heart -- from thine, Lord, fill it up, That I may offer it as the holy cup Of thy communion to my every man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart Must hold both sisters, never seen apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart Must hold both sisters, never seen apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I know no South, no North, no East, no West, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45771]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just needed help with learning how to care for children with special needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40967]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just needed help with learning how to care for children with special needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3093]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth we learn; in age we understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46269]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth we learn; in age we understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katie's only a junior, but she really stepped up this year. She always works hard. You know you can count ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Katie's only a junior, but she really stepped up this year. She always works hard. You know you can count on her when you're out there on the court.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2481]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick as a humming bird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers--  She darts so eagerly, swiftly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quick as a humming bird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers--  She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly   Dipping into the flowers of my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18107]]></link><description><![CDATA[God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65449]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's as though one of God's checks has bounced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We show that these [stem] cells make connections with the nervous system of the mouse in a way that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28552]]></link><description><![CDATA[We show that these [stem] cells make connections with the nervous system of the mouse in a way that is appropriate and could mediate recovery. That's a big thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15435]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good bargaine is a pick-purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49027]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good bargaine is a pick-purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49027</guid></item></channel></rss>