<?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[I'd rather be dead than cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56761]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather be dead than cool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first blow is as much as two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first blow is as much as two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33576]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each one sees what he carries in his heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each one sees what he carries in his heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1255]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows out a light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The raven once in snowy plumes was drest, White as the whitest dove's unsullied breast,  Fair as the guardian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The raven once in snowy plumes was drest, White as the whitest dove's unsullied breast,  Fair as the guardian of the Capitol,   Soft as the swan; a large and lovely fowl    His tongue, his prating tongue had changed him quite     To sooty blackness from the purest white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 In the pure soul, whether it sing or pray, The Christ ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 In the pure soul, whether it sing or pray, The Christ is born anew from day to day. The life that knoweth Him shall bide apart And keep eternal Christmas in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, colder than the wind that freezes Founts, that but now in sunshine play'd,  Is that congealing pang which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, colder than the wind that freezes Founts, that but now in sunshine play'd,  Is that congealing pang which seizes   The trusting bosom, when betray'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have said that NeXT is 5 to 7 years ahead of the competition... Candidly, we made the same assessment. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35759]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have said that NeXT is 5 to 7 years ahead of the competition... Candidly, we made the same assessment. That's why I made the acquisition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is not true it is very well invented. [It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59812]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is not true it is very well invented. [It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too long, that some may rest, Tired millions toil unblest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too long, that some may rest, Tired millions toil unblest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own. [Lat., Nam genus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own. [Lat., Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi  Vix ea nostra voco.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And wilt thou still be hammering treachery To tumble down thy husband and thyself  From top of honor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12522]]></link><description><![CDATA[And wilt thou still be hammering treachery To tumble down thy husband and thyself  From top of honor to disgrace's feet?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Used throughout a room, orange can become surprisingly neutral, and yet it can be bright and mood-enhancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Used throughout a room, orange can become surprisingly neutral, and yet it can be bright and mood-enhancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stronger data virtually assure significant changes in the Fed's directive this week. The new directive will probably include a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38040]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stronger data virtually assure significant changes in the Fed's directive this week. The new directive will probably include a grudging acknowledgement of the stronger labor market and inflation statistics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24233]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the symbol to symbolize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has been a big thrill not only for our boys, but for the families. And we are all so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40111]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has been a big thrill not only for our boys, but for the families. And we are all so grateful for the opportunity. These boys are growing up right before our eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock;  Down on the vale of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock;  Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries,   The fated victims shuddering cast their eyes    In wild despair; while yet another stroke     With strong convulsion rends the solid oak:      Ah Heaven!--behold her crashing ribs divide!       She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the meek who see the world's great anguish and its wrong, and dare not speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are twice armed if we fight with faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15026]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are twice armed if we fight with faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. -Unkown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. -Unkown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883  The New Jerusalem, when it comes, will probably be found so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883  The New Jerusalem, when it comes, will probably be found so far to resemble the old as to stone its prophets freely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you can become you are already. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21928]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you can become you are already.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have an irresistible itch for writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have an irresistible itch for writing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65481]]></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/65481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope! thou nurse of young desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope! thou nurse of young desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our main goal is to accelerate their educations, ... But we hope that after they go to college, they'll return ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our main goal is to accelerate their educations, ... But we hope that after they go to college, they'll return to make their homes and careers in Texas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot command nature except by obeying her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43836]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot command nature except by obeying her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday   We usually think of Jesus in the upper room as calmly and patiently preparing his disciples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday   We usually think of Jesus in the upper room as calmly and patiently preparing his disciples for their coming crisis; only in the garden are we shown his deep anguish over what lies ahead for himself. But if this verse ("'They hated me without a cause." Ps. 69:4) occurred to Jesus as describing his enemies, surely he was also identifying with the rest of [Psalm 69] with its vivid description of overwhelming troubles and importune cries to God for deliverance. What in the upper room was still under the surface was openly expressed in the garden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn duty, in the performance of acts which all self-respecting individuals refrain from as a matter of common decency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24768]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. [It., Ove son leggi,  Tremar non ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. [It., Ove son leggi,  Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1005]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has taught me that respect, caring and love must be shared, for it's only through sharing that friendships are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has taught me that respect, caring and love must be shared, for it's only through sharing that friendships are born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54280</guid></item></channel></rss>