<?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[It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53485]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get a deterrent effect to let people know we don't want to do this. We would rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get a deterrent effect to let people know we don't want to do this. We would rather have people just not commit the crimes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1669]]></link><description><![CDATA[As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50153]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not reckoned a religious bird   Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51825]]></link><description><![CDATA[She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them pretend what they please, the true reason why any despise the new birth is because they hate a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them pretend what they please, the true reason why any despise the new birth is because they hate a new life. He that cannot endure to live to God will as little endure to bear of being born of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even with their combined support, the cost of mounting a production has proved to be too much. We have continued ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even with their combined support, the cost of mounting a production has proved to be too much. We have continued to do fine productions, and I've found it even more challenging because we have to adapt productions to the recital stage, and yet we're doing full productions with sets, lights and everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. [Fr., L'absence diminue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. [Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12781]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got a tough schedule from now on. We have to keep focused and working hard for our ultimate prize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39251]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got a tough schedule from now on. We have to keep focused and working hard for our ultimate prize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is truth To the end of reckoning. -Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is truth To the end of reckoning. -Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been under intense pressure to come back to work, but the best my colleagues can do is a backroom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40846]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been under intense pressure to come back to work, but the best my colleagues can do is a backroom deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need a break these days. So many people and businesses are still displaced because of Katrina so we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need a break these days. So many people and businesses are still displaced because of Katrina so we didn't really want to push the fund-raising side of the event and wanted to present it more as a way to relieve stress. Walking is good for the heart and a great way to relieve stress, which everyone needs these days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just don't know why people would want to buy new furniture today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40749]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just don't know why people would want to buy new furniture today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15610]]></link><description><![CDATA[A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19182]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13655]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's unfortunate that we are restricting members from leadership positions in community associations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's unfortunate that we are restricting members from leadership positions in community associations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44420]]></link><description><![CDATA[For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money have disappeared, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money have disappeared,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We start out with basic things like 'milk,' 'more,' 'please' and 'eat' - things that are important to them and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42657]]></link><description><![CDATA[We start out with basic things like 'milk,' 'more,' 'please' and 'eat' - things that are important to them and what they want. Then we just sign it as we say it to them and that allows them to put the word and the sign together. We've had really good success and we all get excited each time they do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. -Rebecca West.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of the same elements; and about once in so often we go back and begin again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a sheltering tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a sheltering tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20185]]></link><description><![CDATA[The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is praised and starves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is praised and starves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62983]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an expressive frame of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56842]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,  Over the woodlands brown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,  Over the woodlands brown and bare,   Over the harvest-fields forsaken,    Silent, and soft, and slow     Descends the snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49342]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49342</guid></item></channel></rss>