<?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[What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11981]]></link><description><![CDATA[What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jest not with the eye or with Religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jest not with the eye or with Religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49316]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, ... I think that's the task, in a way, to show what an architect of duplicity this character is, in his simplicity, forthrightness and morality. It's a strange and wonderful study of how far a horrible lie can be taken in terms of a character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5201]]></link><description><![CDATA[My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, please save me from your followers! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47699]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, please save me from your followers!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search for truth is more precious than its possession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search for truth is more precious than its possession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is it, folks. This is the idea which has kept me virtually unknown for the past 16 years. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20134]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is it, folks. This is the idea which has kept me virtually unknown for the past 16 years. I have watched my crowds dwindle. I am going nowhere, and nowhere quick, but, those of you who have children, I am sorry to tell you this, but they are not special. Wait! I know some of you are going "what, what?" Let me just clarify: I know YOU think they're special ... ha ha ha! I'm aware of that. I'm just here to tell you, that they're NOT! Ha ha ha ha! Sorry. Did you know that every time a guy comes he comes two-hundred million sperm? One out of TWO-HUNDRED MILLION – that load, we're only talking about one load – connected: gee, what are the fucking odds? Do you know what that means? I've wiped nations off've my chest with a grey gymsock. ENTIRE CIVILISATIONS HAVE FLAKED AND CRUSTED IN THE HAIR AROUND MY NAVEL! [...] I've tossed universes in my underpants while napping. Boom! A Milkyway shoots into my jockeyshorts: "Unngh ... what's for fucking breakfast?!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Flies and the Honey-PotA number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1532]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Flies and the Honey-PotA number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated. Just as they were expiring, they exclaimed, O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves. Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62472]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. That's what that was, pretty much, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41862]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. That's what that was, pretty much, a wreck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this kid up.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus to the Rose, the Thistle: Why art thou not of thistle-breed?  Of use thou'dst, then, be truly,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus to the Rose, the Thistle: Why art thou not of thistle-breed?  Of use thou'dst, then, be truly,   For asses might upon thee feed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sovereignty is not given, it is taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What man would be wise, let him drink of the river That bears on his bosom the record of time; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14688]]></link><description><![CDATA[What man would be wise, let him drink of the river That bears on his bosom the record of time;  A message to him every wave can deliver   To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19508]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18694]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46036]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper. - Unkempt Thoughts, 1962. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper. - Unkempt Thoughts, 1962.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Faith is to the soul what life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the night shall be filled with music And the cares, that infest the day,  Shall fold their tents, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44530]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the night shall be filled with music And the cares, that infest the day,  Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,   And as silently steal away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20311]]></link><description><![CDATA[To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17662]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would I describe a preacher, . . . .  I would express him simple, grave, sincere;   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would I describe a preacher, . . . .  I would express him simple, grave, sincere;   In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain,    And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,     And natural in gesture; much impress'd      Himself, as conscious of his awful charge,       And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds        May feel it too; affectionate in look,         And tender in address, as well becomes          A messenger of grace to guilty men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15615]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60294]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice little known heretofore in the American army — is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect 'that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60294</guid></item></channel></rss>