<?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[Either he is naive, or he thinks people are stupid! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either he is naive, or he thinks people are stupid!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell me the odds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell me the odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56344]]></link><description><![CDATA[A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense of honor subdue your mind. [Lat., Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit  Occurrat, mentemque domet respectus honesti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea:  But, before I go, Tom Moore, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59383]]></link><description><![CDATA[My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea:  But, before I go, Tom Moore,   Here's a double health to thee!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The Ottoman Empire] whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59901]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The Ottoman Empire] whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the anger habit: Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Donot express it-this would not only hurt you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21158]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the anger habit: Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Donot express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripplesin your surroundings. What you do is transform it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44264]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action conquers fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action conquers fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery and innocence are not akin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery and innocence are not akin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man.  When Duty whispers low, Thou must, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man.  When Duty whispers low, Thou must,   The youth replies, I can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62849]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;  And all who told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;  And all who told it added something new.   And all who heard it made enlargements too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate him to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate him to death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reasoning of the strongest is always the best. [Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reasoning of the strongest is always the best. [Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60087]]></link><description><![CDATA[All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it's your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleep on, Baby, on the floor, Tired of all the playing,  Sleep with smile the sweeter for   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sleep on, Baby, on the floor, Tired of all the playing,  Sleep with smile the sweeter for   That you dropped away in!    On your curls' full roundness stand     Golden lights serenely--      One cheek, pushed out by the hand,       Folds the dimple inly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger knows no friend but its feeder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37413]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18731]]></link><description><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War will cease when men refuse to fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27657]]></link><description><![CDATA[War will cease when men refuse to fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is richest who is content with the least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28153]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is richest who is content with the least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60868]]></link><description><![CDATA[The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is a disease from which we all recover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What voice did on my spirit fall, Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?  'Tis better to have fought and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6056]]></link><description><![CDATA[What voice did on my spirit fall, Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?  'Tis better to have fought and lost   That never to have fought at all!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65800]]></link><description><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end never really justifies the meanness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end never really justifies the meanness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a spirit of all compact of fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a spirit of all compact of fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just a blessing to be back for another year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33501]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just a blessing to be back for another year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43536]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited and the wealth and confusion man has created.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48487]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9716]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. -As You Like It. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55676]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55676</guid></item></channel></rss>