<?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[Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I watched my father being slowly crucified by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I watched my father being slowly crucified by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality is, we have to get rid of faith-based arbitration, no matter what. The only way we can protect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality is, we have to get rid of faith-based arbitration, no matter what. The only way we can protect [women] is for the state to come out and say one law, one process, one secular law for all, and that is it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is possible only when one is busy. The body must toil, the mind must be occupied, and the heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is possible only when one is busy. The body must toil, the mind must be occupied, and the heart must be satisfied. Those who do good as opportunity offers are sowing seed all the time, and they need not doubt the harvest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central depth of purple, Leaves more bright than rose,  Who shall tell what brightest thought   Out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Central depth of purple, Leaves more bright than rose,  Who shall tell what brightest thought   Out of darkness grows?    Who, through what funereal pain,     Souls to love and peace attain?   - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395]]></link><description><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18732]]></link><description><![CDATA[If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[kudos to the educators, athletes, dancers, judges, janitors, politicians, artists, actors, writers, singers, poets, and social activist, to all who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42324]]></link><description><![CDATA[kudos to the educators, athletes, dancers, judges, janitors, politicians, artists, actors, writers, singers, poets, and social activist, to all who dare to look at like with humor, determination and respect]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death--the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death--the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20495]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dad was a Buick guy and I followed in his footsteps. But I always liked the performance end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34889]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dad was a Buick guy and I followed in his footsteps. But I always liked the performance end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One that is neither flesh not fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16050]]></link><description><![CDATA[One that is neither flesh not fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our cooperation with the IAEA is on the right track, I believe the report will be positive, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35722]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our cooperation with the IAEA is on the right track, I believe the report will be positive,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64217]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies our mutton-looking king, Whose word no man relied on,  Who never said a foolish thing   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies our mutton-looking king, Whose word no man relied on,  Who never said a foolish thing   No ever did a wise one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love may conquer all, but it needs time as its field general. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love may conquer all, but it needs time as its field general.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10449]]></link><description><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie mou'!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I put a new engine in my car, but forgot to take the old one out. Now my car goes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3543]]></link><description><![CDATA[I put a new engine in my car, but forgot to take the old one out. Now my car goes 500 miles per hour. The harmonica sounds amazing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16917]]></link><description><![CDATA[My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, Since riches point to misery and contempt? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, Since riches point to misery and contempt?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is such a pretty type of clothing. I can imagine people liking it and it's very wearable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32080]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is such a pretty type of clothing. I can imagine people liking it and it's very wearable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to call up somebody in the community to help out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to call up somebody in the community to help out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not our job to go and participate in this campaign. They're trying to sell the voters on something. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37884]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not our job to go and participate in this campaign. They're trying to sell the voters on something. We didn't know if we would oppose the bond or not. We actually conversed with doctor (Stan) Olson and toured twelve of the schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's no doubt that this bill reflects the worst of Washington politics. It's Christmas in August for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's no doubt that this bill reflects the worst of Washington politics. It's Christmas in August for the big energy companies, and the consumers get lumps of coal. There's really nothing to cheer about by anyone who gets a utility bill or has to fill up a gas tank. The energy lobbyists are the big winners, and the rest of us are left in the dust choking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found my students were more successful and were motivated to come to class, ... They know that if they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found my students were more successful and were motivated to come to class, ... They know that if they don't understand something I'll help them before they take a test.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fiction pleased; our generous train complies, Nor fraud mistrusts in virtue's fair disguise.  The work she plyed, but, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62116]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fiction pleased; our generous train complies, Nor fraud mistrusts in virtue's fair disguise.  The work she plyed, but, studious of delay,   Each following night reversed the toils of day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62116</guid></item></channel></rss>