<?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[O, he's a limb that has but a disease: Mortal, to cut it off; to cure it, easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12496]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, he's a limb that has but a disease: Mortal, to cut it off; to cure it, easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any man ascribes anything of salvation, even the very least thing, to the free will of man, he knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56574]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any man ascribes anything of salvation, even the very least thing, to the free will of man, he knows nothing of grace, and he has not learned Jesus Christ rightly]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9994]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fisherman and His NetsA fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fisherman and His NetsA fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul of fish. He managed by a skillful handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This sounds like a geography question. I'm a geography major, so you're probably talking to the right guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31289]]></link><description><![CDATA[This sounds like a geography question. I'm a geography major, so you're probably talking to the right guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better is to bow than breake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better is to bow than breake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47830]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small habits, well pursued betimes, May reach the dignity of crimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small habits, well pursued betimes, May reach the dignity of crimes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have known sorrow--therefore I May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily  Than those who never sorrowed upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24174]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known sorrow--therefore I May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily  Than those who never sorrowed upon earth   And know not laughter's worth.    I have known laughter--therefore I     May sorrow with you far more tenderly      Than those who never guess how sad a thing       Seems merriment to one heart's suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(for which he won numerous critics' prizes and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32621]]></link><description><![CDATA[(for which he won numerous critics' prizes and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44115]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44200]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was love. I didn't think he should've gotten arrested for that. If was her dying wish, you got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37295]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was love. I didn't think he should've gotten arrested for that. If was her dying wish, you got to do what you gotta do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order;  But where ye feel your honor grip,   Let that aye be your border.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/125]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is like pulling out a machine gun today. People did not want to get cut by that sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37373]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is like pulling out a machine gun today. People did not want to get cut by that sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it will be technically feasible to have a large-size OLED TV by Super Bowl 50. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it will be technically feasible to have a large-size OLED TV by Super Bowl 50.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new standards will provide these growing firms with continued access to SBA's small business development assistance, helping them succeed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28547]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new standards will provide these growing firms with continued access to SBA's small business development assistance, helping them succeed and serve their customers into the 21st century.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57189]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23116]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, which a cat observing, asked, "Why he would hoard up those round shining things that he could make no use of?" "Why," said the jackdaw, "my master has a whole chestfull, and makes no more use of them that I do."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59893]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find an aim in life before you run out of ammunition. -Arnold Glasow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find an aim in life before you run out of ammunition. -Arnold Glasow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someones neck, and the guy screams and tries to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someones neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exasperation is the mother of invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exasperation is the mother of invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64482]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49895]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35331]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53700]]></link><description><![CDATA[For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect The very lifeblood of our enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect The very lifeblood of our enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3479]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode  (There they alike in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5699]]></link><description><![CDATA[No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode  (There they alike in trembling hope repose),   The bosom of his Father and his God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord says, "As surely as I live, your children will be like jewels. You will be as proud of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23270]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord says, "As surely as I live, your children will be like jewels. You will be as proud of them as a bride is of her jewels."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of pressure, a lot of energy in this event. It's very difficult to keep from getting over-excited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30056]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of pressure, a lot of energy in this event. It's very difficult to keep from getting over-excited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By all that's good and glorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48526]]></link><description><![CDATA[By all that's good and glorious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46195</guid></item></channel></rss>