<?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[Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die;  Steal from the world, and not a stone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die;  Steal from the world, and not a stone   Tell where I lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that happened by mistake. By mistake, I forgive her (the 15-year-old girl). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that happened by mistake. By mistake, I forgive her (the 15-year-old girl).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32001]]></link><description><![CDATA[One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; This, too, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; This, too, shall pass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. -Kahlil Gilbran.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a wretched motley Crew, in the Fleet; the Marines the Refuse of every Regiment, and the Seamen, few ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30042]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a wretched motley Crew, in the Fleet; the Marines the Refuse of every Regiment, and the Seamen, few of them, ever wet with salt Water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of Dr. Hudson is a loss to the republick of letters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of Dr. Hudson is a loss to the republick of letters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried their talents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56968]]></link><description><![CDATA[The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65638]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was important for us to be patient and see what they were giving us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39526]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was important for us to be patient and see what they were giving us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2408]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And its famous apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there is a philosophical reason...The resources on earth won't last forever, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there is a philosophical reason...The resources on earth won't last forever,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always been suspicious of collective truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always been suspicious of collective truths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47491]]></link><description><![CDATA[War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45693]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,  Seems nowhere to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,  Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air   Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,    And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.     The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet      Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit       Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed        In a tumultuous privacy of storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles Come Love, come Lord, and that long day For which I languish, come away. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles Come Love, come Lord, and that long day For which I languish, come away. When this dry soul those eyes shall see And drink the unseal'd source of Thee, When glory's sun faith's shades shall chase, Then for Thy veil give me Thy face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be some volatility to the market, but barring any other major disruptions, I think we'll continue to head ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be some volatility to the market, but barring any other major disruptions, I think we'll continue to head lower in prices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The publication of 'The Colorado Kid' represents a big step forward for us, ... With a first printing of nearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31394]]></link><description><![CDATA[The publication of 'The Colorado Kid' represents a big step forward for us, ... With a first printing of nearly one million copies, it's by far the biggest book we've ever published, quite possibly the biggest [distributor] Dorchester has ever published as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is no matter whether there is any God or no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is a disappointment but not defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is a disappointment but not defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live with them is far less sweet, Than to remember thee! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50687]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live with them is far less sweet, Than to remember thee!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients may postpone getting needed effective treatment, because they are instead relying on alternative remedies that haven't been tested, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients may postpone getting needed effective treatment, because they are instead relying on alternative remedies that haven't been tested, ... The second danger is that they may actually be harmful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is all metaphor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is all metaphor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46683]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13983]]></link><description><![CDATA[An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power and attraction Jesus Christ exercises over men never comes from him alone, but from him as Son of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power and attraction Jesus Christ exercises over men never comes from him alone, but from him as Son of the Father. It comes from him in his Sonship in a double way, as man living to God and as God living with men. Belief in him and loyalty to his cause involve men in the double movement, from world to God and from God to world. Even when theologies fail to do justice to this fact, Christians living with Christ in their cultures are aware of it. For they are forever being challenged to abandon all things for the sake of God; and forever being sent back into the world to teach and practice all the things that have been commanded them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time Republicans spend money and it isn't against Democrats, it's a distraction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time Republicans spend money and it isn't against Democrats, it's a distraction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38739</guid></item></channel></rss>