<?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[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58756]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18138]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow: Don't never prophesy--onless ye know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48458]]></link><description><![CDATA[My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow: Don't never prophesy--onless ye know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is justice with no mercy, Ira Flatowwill have to come back countless times asa lab rat for all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is justice with no mercy, Ira Flatowwill have to come back countless times asa lab rat for all the cruelty he has promoted on NPR.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22797]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene Cloutier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66325]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can tag yourself into glass. It's a new scourge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29235]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can tag yourself into glass. It's a new scourge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ant and the ChrysalisAn Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food cameacross a Chrysalis that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ant and the ChrysalisAn Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food cameacross a Chrysalis that was very near its time of change. TheChrysalis moved its tail, and thus attracted the attention of the Ant,who then saw for the first time that it was alive. Poor, pitiableanimal! cried the Ant disdainfully. What a sad fate is yours!While I can run hither and thither, at my pleasure, and, if I wish,ascend the tallest tree, you lie imprisoned here in your shell, withpower only to move a joint or two of your scaly tail. The Chrysalisheard all this, but did not try to make any reply. A few days after,when the Ant passed that way again, nothing but the shell remained.Wondering what had become of its contents, he felt himself suddenlyshaded and fanned by the gorgeous wings of a beautiful Butterfly.Behold in me, said the Butterfly, your much-pitied friend! Boastnow of your powers to run and climb as long as you can get me tolisten. So saying, the Butterfly rose in the air, and, borne alongand aloft on the summer breeze, was soon lost to the sight of theAnt forever.Appearances are deceptive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China has not only become a world major export country, but also an important import market ever since it adopted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36622]]></link><description><![CDATA[China has not only become a world major export country, but also an important import market ever since it adopted the reform and opening-up policies in 1978.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56868]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart from us to live for. All forms of dedication, devotion, loyalty and self-surrender are in essence a desperate clinging to something which might give worth and meaning to our futile, spoiled lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24746]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus idly busy rolls their world away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus idly busy rolls their world away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri volunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10920]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The play bill which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The play bill which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12062]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried; Successful crimes alone are justified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried; Successful crimes alone are justified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,  Full of spirit's melancholy   And eternity's despair!    And they heart the words it said--     Pan is dead! great Pan is dead!      Pan, Pan is dead!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens. [Lat., Dignum laude virum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens. [Lat., Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori;  Coelo Musa beat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66091]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is over and Business is Business ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is over and Business is Business]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17180]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft Machine were going more in the direction of fusion jazz and I didn't like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft Machine were going more in the direction of fusion jazz and I didn't like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6046]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile abroad is often a scowl at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56659]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dress for women and I undress for men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2849]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dress for women and I undress for men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good mouth-filling oath. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55880]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good mouth-filling oath. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18287]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give no time to finding fault of criticism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give no time to finding fault of criticism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think someone would recognize me on the court now if they had seen me last year. My biggest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think someone would recognize me on the court now if they had seen me last year. My biggest improvement is my strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This sets the stage for some very, very interesting hearings next week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39732]]></link><description><![CDATA[This sets the stage for some very, very interesting hearings next week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money just draws flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money just draws flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59115]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your folks were Democrat or Republican you tend to vote that way. If your folks were green and red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28697]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your folks were Democrat or Republican you tend to vote that way. If your folks were green and red you tend to follow that tradition. My theory is that has a tendency to follow through with what equipment you run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54579]]></link><description><![CDATA[From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54579</guid></item></channel></rss>