<?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[To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24811]]></link><description><![CDATA[To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,  And some the architect: his hand was known  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,  And some the architect: his hand was known   In heaven by many a tower'd structure high,    Where scepter'd angels held their residence,     And sat as princes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The University brings out all abilities, including incapability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man will work for your interests unless they are his. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22460]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man will work for your interests unless they are his.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no need to show your ability before everyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need to show your ability before everyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and ;groans. If people were universally cheerful, probably there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness ;there is. Cheerfulness, too, promotes health and immortality. Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43366]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably have to run up to him real quick and give it to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants, that undertook to lay the high mountain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43314]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants, that undertook to lay the high mountain Pelion on the top of Ossa, and set among those the shady Olympus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we'd played three pretty good games in a row. Everyone's going to have a bad game, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42651]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we'd played three pretty good games in a row. Everyone's going to have a bad game, and I thought we might have one after how well we played against Pilot Rock. But at least it was now and not next week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender; God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;  But who the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54454]]></link><description><![CDATA[God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender; God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;  But who the pretender is, or who is King--   God bless us all--that's quite another thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64195]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18492]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part,  Bold in the practice of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26706]]></link><description><![CDATA[So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part,  Bold in the practice of mistaken rules,   Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44792]]></link><description><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59547]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10298]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64361]]></link><description><![CDATA['Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verizon is putting an obvious emphasis on communities with greater resources and is ignoring large segments of the state, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Verizon is putting an obvious emphasis on communities with greater resources and is ignoring large segments of the state,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never realize how much that meant when we had three or four guys on the wing. We all kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42259]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never realize how much that meant when we had three or four guys on the wing. We all kind of split minutes up and we were still happy. We really miss those guys a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is the nation without a history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is the nation without a history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew his father very well. And yes, I think I would owe it not only to Barry. I owe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew his father very well. And yes, I think I would owe it not only to Barry. I owe it to his father to respect everything that this young man has accomplished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call things by their right names . . . Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call things by their right names . . . Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This speck of life in time's great wilderness This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,  The past, the future, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14205]]></link><description><![CDATA[This speck of life in time's great wilderness This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,  The past, the future, two eternities!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Sadat was killed by an extremist MuslimPresident Rabin was killed by an extremist JewMahatma Gandhi was killed by an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45950]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Sadat was killed by an extremist MuslimPresident Rabin was killed by an extremist JewMahatma Gandhi was killed by an extremist Hinduat Cleveland City Club..(to which could be added:Many American soldiers have been killed by extremist Christians).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe we'll make a mosaic out of the pieces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe we'll make a mosaic out of the pieces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People's reactions can be surprising but, if you have overwhelming news, I suppose the only thing you can do is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42538]]></link><description><![CDATA[People's reactions can be surprising but, if you have overwhelming news, I suppose the only thing you can do is just look, because you're stunned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4141]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our myriad-minded Shakespeare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our myriad-minded Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom outweighs any wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom outweighs any wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicists have determined that even the most solid and heavy mass of matter we see is mostly empty space. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physicists have determined that even the most solid and heavy mass of matter we see is mostly empty space. But at the submicroscopic level, specks of matter scattered through a vast emptiness have such incredible density and weight, and are linked to one another by such powerful forces, that together they produce all the properties of concrete, cast iron and solid rock. In much the same way, specks of knowledge are scattered through a vast emptiness of ignorance, and everything depends upon how solid the individual specks of knowledge are, and on how powerfully linked and coordinated they are with one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As any policeman today will tell you, it's not the idea of getting the first shot off, it's hitting your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37076]]></link><description><![CDATA[As any policeman today will tell you, it's not the idea of getting the first shot off, it's hitting your target. Often the first guy that shoots misses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65981]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never say don't get 100 or let's get 100. Whatever happens, happens. I just want our kids to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never say don't get 100 or let's get 100. Whatever happens, happens. I just want our kids to play hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a pretty good game. The refs called two penalties at the end and it helped us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42302]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a pretty good game. The refs called two penalties at the end and it helped us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WARNING: Humor may be hazardous to your illness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20106]]></link><description><![CDATA[WARNING: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. [Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam experimenta.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14690]]></link><description><![CDATA[In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. [Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam experimenta.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2443]]></link><description><![CDATA[About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can tell where my own shoe pinches me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672</guid></item></channel></rss>