<?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[Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48629]]></link><description><![CDATA[To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;   A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;    A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;     A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;      A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;       A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is merely gossip ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17879]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is merely gossip]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is a private and costly luxury ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is a private and costly luxury]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56912]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was smiling yesterday,I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow.Simply because life is too short to cry for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was smiling yesterday,I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow.Simply because life is too short to cry for anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18405]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of vast circumference and gloom profound, This solitary Tree! A living thing  Produced too slowly ever to decay;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of vast circumference and gloom profound, This solitary Tree! A living thing  Produced too slowly ever to decay;   Of form and aspect too magnificent    To be destroyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11722]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3108]]></link><description><![CDATA[An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Handmaiden of the Sciences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Handmaiden of the Sciences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make hay while the sun shines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make hay while the sun shines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, it's for the musicians, to get the bands back together and play some music, because a lot of these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, it's for the musicians, to get the bands back together and play some music, because a lot of these guys don't play anymore. But, our main thing, one of the constant things, is that we give band instruments to the high school and middle schools (of north central Wisconsin). That's the really big thing that we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17657]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light, And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16208]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light, And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While this is a good alternative, these bullets are not available on the market. We have to be careful how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36129]]></link><description><![CDATA[While this is a good alternative, these bullets are not available on the market. We have to be careful how we approach this. It is a touchy subject and we don't want people to think we are shoving something down their throats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62184]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38281]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41716]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9833]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the key to contentment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the key to contentment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got a master plan for everything, and it's still following that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got a master plan for everything, and it's still following that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who heeds not experience, trust him not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who heeds not experience, trust him not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were just smart business moves to make. This network is a bit more agile and competitive when it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35282]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were just smart business moves to make. This network is a bit more agile and competitive when it is a smaller group.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21622]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are the sport of circumstances, when The circumstances seem the sport of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are the sport of circumstances, when The circumstances seem the sport of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46582]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   Think it not hard if you get not your will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29558]]></link><description><![CDATA[If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the night shall be filled with music And the cares, that infest the day,  Shall fold their tents, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44530]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the night shall be filled with music And the cares, that infest the day,  Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,   And as silently steal away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I good? I think so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I good? I think so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syria is trying to strengthen its hegemony in Lebanon by controlling more and more institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Syria is trying to strengthen its hegemony in Lebanon by controlling more and more institutions,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21583</guid></item></channel></rss>