<?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[Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -Ben Franklin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -Ben Franklin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59966]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50872]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My whole thing is when I get my opportunity, I need to take advantage of it. I don't know how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39145]]></link><description><![CDATA[My whole thing is when I get my opportunity, I need to take advantage of it. I don't know how the situation is going to be, but going into practices, I'll go in just trying to compete with everybody else and give 100 percent. At the end of the day, I'll feel good about that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boston Globe is just struggling mightily. It's a function of the Boston economy; it's a function of the mergers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boston Globe is just struggling mightily. It's a function of the Boston economy; it's a function of the mergers of advertisers like Bank of America and Fleet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though it be honest, it is never good To bring bad news; give to a gracious message  An host ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though it be honest, it is never good To bring bad news; give to a gracious message  An host of tongues, but let ill tidings tell   Themselves when they be felt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3371]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to surrender to the inspiration whenever it strikes. When I clear my mind and let the music take over, my hands seem to move on their own, and my voice utters words I haven't premeditated. This is pure instinct. It's like riding a wave. You just take a deep breath, hop on, and hang on as long as you can. That's basically how I songwrite when I'm composing impromptu pieces. It's a lot like channeling. Or free associating. And it's super fun, because anything can happen! It's pure creativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door;  And wit to seize the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26007]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door;  And wit to seize the flitting guest   Need never hunger more.    But while the loitering idler waits     Good luck beside his fire,      The bold heart storms at fortune's gates,       And conquers its desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38953]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't know how the ties are going to be resolved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12315]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things require skill, but an appetite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49111]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things require skill, but an appetite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49040]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far we have no reason to complain nor to suspect any unfair or inappropriate policy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35207]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far we have no reason to complain nor to suspect any unfair or inappropriate policy,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Lorenzo, If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,  Become a Christian and thy loving wife! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6172]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Lorenzo, If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,  Become a Christian and thy loving wife!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse--borne away with every breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse--borne away with every breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26629]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24611]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62805]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to be so, not because they are rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36988]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that "adjustment" to a sick and insane environment is of itself not "health" but sickness and insanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. - November 11, 1999. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. - November 11, 1999.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42933]]></link><description><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was 6 years old, I had a little fur coat, but that was it. That's the only time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31783]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was 6 years old, I had a little fur coat, but that was it. That's the only time I've ever had any in my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What then remains, but that we still should cry Not to be born, or being born to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11170]]></link><description><![CDATA[What then remains, but that we still should cry Not to be born, or being born to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. -ALBERT SCHWEITZER.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A substantial number of beneficiaries are already enrolled, but a lot turns on what those who are on the fence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34059]]></link><description><![CDATA[A substantial number of beneficiaries are already enrolled, but a lot turns on what those who are on the fence decide to do between now and May 15. If they stay out for now, some could face financial penalties down the road if they later change their mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The children with the streamlets sing, When April stops at last her weeping;  And every happy growing thing  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The children with the streamlets sing, When April stops at last her weeping;  And every happy growing thing   Laughs like a babe just roused from sleeping.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life;  And he that forged, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life;  And he that forged, and he that threw the dart,   Had each a brother's interest in his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't listen to people who tell you what to do! Listen to people who encourage you to do what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't listen to people who tell you what to do! Listen to people who encourage you to do what you know is right! Because you have one life to live so live it your way!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weening is not measure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weening is not measure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50051</guid></item></channel></rss>