<?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[Custom is second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom is second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the world's a stage, And all the men and merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26274]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the world's a stage, And all the men and merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts....]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To change and to change for the better are two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22139]]></link><description><![CDATA[To change and to change for the better are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28376]]></link><description><![CDATA[People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["There beauty half her glory veils, In cabs, those gondolas on wheels." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25405]]></link><description><![CDATA["There beauty half her glory veils, In cabs, those gondolas on wheels."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were miracles long before Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27572]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were miracles long before Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of creative things you can do as a consumer to further maximize your rebate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32291]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of creative things you can do as a consumer to further maximize your rebate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[only god can judge me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52971]]></link><description><![CDATA[only god can judge me]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26780]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolish tongues talke by the dozen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost two, really three (days) because Wednesday was a wash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost two, really three (days) because Wednesday was a wash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50867]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now we have two anniversaries, and we celebrate them both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now we have two anniversaries, and we celebrate them both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21067]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will go back to the old faith he learnt Beside his mother's knee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51551]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will go back to the old faith he learnt Beside his mother's knee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not unusual to find meals or events held, not only in conference center rooms, but also in lounges, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35913]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not unusual to find meals or events held, not only in conference center rooms, but also in lounges, restaurants, around pool facilities or other outdoor locations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of education is respecting the pupil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of education is respecting the pupil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not from the mass]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For half a second, I wondered if I was dreaming. I saw something flickering, and I knew I was not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29773]]></link><description><![CDATA[For half a second, I wondered if I was dreaming. I saw something flickering, and I knew I was not dreaming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, 'You never know.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57668]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, 'You never know.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64563]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65957]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . th' approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59930]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . th' approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade,   And the low sun had lengthen'd ev'ry shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast commanded, and so it is, that every inordinate affection should be its own punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast commanded, and so it is, that every inordinate affection should be its own punishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14601]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Return of the Bunny Suicides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Return of the Bunny Suicides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The darkest hour of a man's life is when he sits down to plan how toget money without earning it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The darkest hour of a man's life is when he sits down to plan how toget money without earning it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50431]]></link><description><![CDATA[An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void   The world can never fill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man prepared has half fought the battle. [Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man prepared has half fought the battle. [Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19371]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigh to a grave that was newly made, Leaned a sexton old on his earth-worn spade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nigh to a grave that was newly made, Leaned a sexton old on his earth-worn spade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow is, ah, whose? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59462]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow is, ah, whose?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing Gold Can Stay ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing Gold Can Stay]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64806]]></link><description><![CDATA[A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going beyond is as bad as falling short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going beyond is as bad as falling short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We competed better in the second half, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30662]]></link><description><![CDATA[We competed better in the second half,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17623]]></link><description><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17623</guid></item></channel></rss>