<?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[He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn:  A sadder and a wiser man, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42799]]></link><description><![CDATA[He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn:  A sadder and a wiser man,   He rose the morrow morn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10941]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;  But round some corner of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;  But round some corner of the streets of life   They of a sudden greet us with a smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25290]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66844]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60197]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few personsnearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60334]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5848]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in their 40s and 50s are saving for their kids and for their retirement. They have the most difficult ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40726]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in their 40s and 50s are saving for their kids and for their retirement. They have the most difficult time saving because they have the most overhead expenses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 Continuing a short series on education:   We demand, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 Continuing a short series on education:   We demand, as [St. Paul] did, that the candidate must be of good moral character -- at least, so far as that he can produce testimonials to his good conduct. We demand, as the apostle demanded, that he must hold fast the faithful word -- at least, so far as that he shall not write deliberate heresy in his examination papers, and shall profess belief in the Creed. We demand, as he demanded, that the candidate must be apt to teach -- at least, so far as an examination of his verbal memory can prove that he knows what he ought to teach. But there is some difference between the "without reproach" of the apostle and our testimonials; and there is a difference between the holding fast of the faith by a man tried in the furnace of life, and the soundness in the faith of a youth fresh from a theological school; and the aptness to teach of a man of experience and social authority is not quite the same thing as the aptness to teach of a young man who has just passed an examination in the subject-matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond. -The Merchant of Venice. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55544]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies,  And they are fools who roam;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18645]]></link><description><![CDATA[If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies,  And they are fools who roam;   The world has nothing to bestow,    From our own selves our bliss must flow,     And that dear hut,--our home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let none say, I will not drinke water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let none say, I will not drinke water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will not affect the formation of the government and could even be a positive factor to end the political ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42616]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will not affect the formation of the government and could even be a positive factor to end the political volatility we are living through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53132]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,  And fight our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,  And fight our own shadows forever?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shouldn't have trusted her. It was wrong, I've realized it now. But she was there, she was friendly, she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shouldn't have trusted her. It was wrong, I've realized it now. But she was there, she was friendly, she was warm, someone I thought I could trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   I have held many things in my hands, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The success in this referendum, it isn't how many people are going to say 'yes' and how many people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The success in this referendum, it isn't how many people are going to say 'yes' and how many people are going to say 'no,' ... The success is that all Iraqis ... found out that the polling station is the way to deal with the political problems in Iraq, to deal with the violence in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing is different than being told. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing is different than being told.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3256]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the smile that was childlike and bland. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56679]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the smile that was childlike and bland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9854]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9292]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen Spielberg at a breast cancer benefit and he explained that he’d seen me on Saturday Night Live and thought I was ready for a movie. He said, ‘You go to the ledge and are unafraid to jump off.’ That was the biggest compliment to me because he was saying I was free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind! The thief doth fear each bush an officer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind! The thief doth fear each bush an officer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger seek it prey,-- Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw,  Like not to go off hungry, leaving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger seek it prey,-- Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw,  Like not to go off hungry, leaving Love   To feast on milk and honeycomb at will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58822]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all those who wander are lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all those who wander are lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65730]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13212]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's grounded in an honest place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29118]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's grounded in an honest place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more violent the storm the sooner it is over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The water is the same on both sides of the boat ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The water is the same on both sides of the boat]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only last night he felt deadly sick, and, after a great deal of pain, two black crows flew out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only last night he felt deadly sick, and, after a great deal of pain, two black crows flew out of his mouth and took wing from the room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all die! All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when,  Nor how, so we die well; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11179]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all die! All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when,  Nor how, so we die well; and can that man that does so   Need lamentation for him?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22256]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22256</guid></item></channel></rss>