<?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[Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle, and discards her nurse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle, and discards her nurse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50765]]></link><description><![CDATA[That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52498]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At last the Muses rose, . . . And scattered, . . . as they flew, Their blooming wreaths from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54315]]></link><description><![CDATA[At last the Muses rose, . . . And scattered, . . . as they flew, Their blooming wreaths from fair Valclusa's bowers  To Arno's myrtle border.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past,  A fifth shall close the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past,  A fifth shall close the Drama with the day;   Time's noblest offspring is the last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any trainer or physician that deals with football players, and in particular offensive linemen and to an extent defensive linemen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any trainer or physician that deals with football players, and in particular offensive linemen and to an extent defensive linemen knows that mass is good,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12800]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really haven't had much time for it to hit me hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really haven't had much time for it to hit me hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59612]]></link><description><![CDATA[He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience by itself is not science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience by itself is not science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15482]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, remove every barrier the enemy has put in place, so that the only barrier which remains is the cross ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, remove every barrier the enemy has put in place, so that the only barrier which remains is the cross itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a solution for war. It is to expand the sphere of liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47109]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a solution for war. It is to expand the sphere of liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your heart is my piñata. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your heart is my piñata.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People asked me that when I did 'Hostage,' but I don't know. It's going to pay the bills, and while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41896]]></link><description><![CDATA[People asked me that when I did 'Hostage,' but I don't know. It's going to pay the bills, and while it's happening, I'll appreciate it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't do half of a job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't do half of a job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15346]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know oneself, one should assert oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64178]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know oneself, one should assert oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! that we two were Maying Down the stream of the soft spring breeze;  Like children with violets playing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! that we two were Maying Down the stream of the soft spring breeze;  Like children with violets playing,   In the shade of the whispering trees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good-night! good-night! as we so oft have said Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days  That are no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good-night! good-night! as we so oft have said Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days  That are no more, and shall no more return.   Thou hast but taken up thy lamp and gone to bed;    I stay a little longer, as one stays     To cover up the embers that still burn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever, is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever, is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. [Philippians 4:8].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53877]]></link><description><![CDATA[To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3086]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid -- in which case all comment is superfluous -- or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's like my baby. If I leave her alone for a few hours, she gets angry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29324]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's like my baby. If I leave her alone for a few hours, she gets angry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39412]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word -- definitely not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46304]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20210]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life of the husbandman,--a life led by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1955]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life of the husbandman,--a life led by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two sorts of romantics: those who love, and those who love the adventure of loving ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25976]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two sorts of romantics: those who love, and those who love the adventure of loving]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where lies the land, to which the ship would go?Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know.And where the land ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where lies the land, to which the ship would go?Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know.And where the land she travels from?Away, far far behind, is all that they can say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1492]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tears of faithfulness to your beliefs cleanse your spirit to envision the road ahead. Everything is possible for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tears of faithfulness to your beliefs cleanse your spirit to envision the road ahead. Everything is possible for the person who believes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61061]]></link><description><![CDATA["A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the everlasting right of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62807</guid></item></channel></rss>