<?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[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46309]]></link><description><![CDATA[We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15155]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round,  I keep smooth plats of fruitful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4286]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round,  I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground,   Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. - The Importance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. - The Importance of Living, 1937.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival folly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16340]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25462]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you make a mistake and miss your fate? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was shot for no reason. It's just like anyone walking up to anyone and saying, 'I don't like how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34913]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was shot for no reason. It's just like anyone walking up to anyone and saying, 'I don't like how your hair looks,' and shooting him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59226]]></link><description><![CDATA[To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and VERY important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and VERY important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51605]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36822]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles  If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles  If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,  That God alone was to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56510]]></link><description><![CDATA[And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,  That God alone was to be seen in Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's attention, it's worse than taking candy from a baby. It is taking precious time from the process of growing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,  Now in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,  Now in a lily cup, and now   Setting a jacinth bell a-swing,    In his wandering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56297]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this fool's paradise, he drank delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45463]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this fool's paradise, he drank delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man,  That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man,  That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16554]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you see American Idol last night? ... You've got to see this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you see American Idol last night? ... You've got to see this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58707]]></link><description><![CDATA[No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The (penalty kill) has been doing a great job all year. It's something we want to improve down the stretch ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The (penalty kill) has been doing a great job all year. It's something we want to improve down the stretch and it gives us confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of pressure, a lot of energy in this event. It's very difficult to keep from getting over-excited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30056]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of pressure, a lot of energy in this event. It's very difficult to keep from getting over-excited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. -Measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56111]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acquisition is significant because it contains stunning ancient redwood trees in an area of the redwood range where there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acquisition is significant because it contains stunning ancient redwood trees in an area of the redwood range where there is relatively little old growth left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13510]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10913]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are very encouraged by the positive results from this study in patients with HSPC and are pleased to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33014]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are very encouraged by the positive results from this study in patients with HSPC and are pleased to have our results meet the scientific standards for presentation at this important congress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59917]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown   Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45757]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12014]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far easier (and nearly always more profitable) to become a real estate agent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4867]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may as well say, that 's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55958]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may as well say, that 's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55958</guid></item></channel></rss>