<?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[Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead!  Act,--act in the living Present!   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead!  Act,--act in the living Present!   Heart within and God o'erhead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is more or less bunk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19331]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is more or less bunk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all crinoline and chignon.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all crinoline and chignon.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right of way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate is such a luxurious emotion, it can only be spent on one we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate is such a luxurious emotion, it can only be spent on one we love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The accident of an accident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/302]]></link><description><![CDATA[The accident of an accident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will never try to develop a strategy that wins on price. There is nothing unique about pricing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20826]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will never try to develop a strategy that wins on price. There is nothing unique about pricing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2441]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bear and the Two TravelersTwo men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bear and the Two TravelersTwo men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. He gave me this advice, his companion replied. Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to havemore things, or more money, in order to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to havemore things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to theywill be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must firstbe who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have whatyou want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63028]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38400]]></link><description><![CDATA[History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When white and black and brown and every other color decide they're going to live together as Christians, then and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52901]]></link><description><![CDATA[When white and black and brown and every other color decide they're going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A guy ran a red light like at 2AM, got home fine, no police saw him or anything like that. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17221]]></link><description><![CDATA[A guy ran a red light like at 2AM, got home fine, no police saw him or anything like that. About 3 weeks later he gets a bill from the police department and a photo of his truck running that light. So, like the smart/dumbass he is, he gets cute, lays out some money on the bed(the price of the ticket), takes a photo of it, and sends it in. So a few weeks pass and he gets another letter, this one has a photo of handcuffs. He promptly paid the bill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we get rain, things could really perk up and look good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40172]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we get rain, things could really perk up and look good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:  Some kick'd until they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:  Some kick'd until they can feel whether   A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody can be great.Because anybody can serve..You only need a heart full of grace.A soul generated by love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody can be great.Because anybody can serve..You only need a heart full of grace.A soul generated by love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaken-soldier syndrome is a traumatic brain injury that shows in veterans who have survived roadside blasts. In patients who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shaken-soldier syndrome is a traumatic brain injury that shows in veterans who have survived roadside blasts. In patients who are unconscious but with no penetrating head wounds, it would be extremely helpful for emergency medical technicians to test for a marker to see how severe the injuries are. Then perhaps something can be done early on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49548]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8012]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world's first overcommunicated society. Each year we send more and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world's first overcommunicated society. Each year we send more and receive less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ants never sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ants never sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28147]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/796]]></link><description><![CDATA[To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4632]]></link><description><![CDATA["Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People want a quick fix, ... They want immediate results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39748]]></link><description><![CDATA[People want a quick fix, ... They want immediate results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58769]]></link><description><![CDATA[If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to the future is not about survival, it's about unity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to the future is not about survival, it's about unity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3105]]></link><description><![CDATA["If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a rebirth of hope, a reorganization of thought, and a reconstruction of dreams. Once forgiving begins, dreams can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a rebirth of hope, a reorganization of thought, and a reconstruction of dreams. Once forgiving begins, dreams can be rebuilt. When forgiving is complete, meaning has been extracted from the worst of experiences and used to create a new set of moral rules and a new interpretation of life's events.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We gave him a pitcher. He gave us the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20814]]></link><description><![CDATA[We gave him a pitcher. He gave us the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best is the cheapest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best is the cheapest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot hide an eele in a sacke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50130]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417   If afore us were laid together all the pains in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417   If afore us were laid together all the pains in Hell... and in Earth -- death and the rest -- and by itself, sin, we would rather choose all that pain than sin. For sin is so vile and so greatly to be hated that it may be likened to no pain that is not sin. To me was shown no harder hell than sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But for my hand, as unattempted yet,   Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.    Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail     And say there is no sin but to be rich;      And being rich, my virtue then shall be       To say there is no vice but beggary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3934</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[In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26837]]></link><description><![CDATA[In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracie comes home from the hospital after visiting a sick friend. (George) 'Where did you get the flowers?' (Gracie) 'I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracie comes home from the hospital after visiting a sick friend. (George) 'Where did you get the flowers?' (Gracie) 'I went to visit Mable.' (George) 'Yeah, so?' (Gracie) 'WELL, you told me to take her flowers!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be. But, before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no-one dreams of questioning. And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt. It is a curious fact that historians have often been much readier to trust the New Testament than have many theologians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey; That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey; That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58571</guid></item></channel></rss>