<?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 person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24209]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours. -Anon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours. -Anon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glorious are the woods in their latest gold and crimson, Yet our full-leaved willows are in the freshest green.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glorious are the woods in their latest gold and crimson, Yet our full-leaved willows are in the freshest green.  Such a kindly autumn, so mercifully dealing   With the growths of summer, I never yet have seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obscurity is the realm of error. [Fr., L'obscurite est le royaume de l'erreur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obscurity is the realm of error. [Fr., L'obscurite est le royaume de l'erreur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be frank to be relevant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16624]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be frank to be relevant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have shot mine arrow o'er the house And hurt my brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/299]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have shot mine arrow o'er the house And hurt my brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes not looking as good as the ones in the shops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, we never live but we hope to live; and always hoping to be happy, it is inevitable that we will never be so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one's ever studied them in the Pacific states before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39742]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one's ever studied them in the Pacific states before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65193]]></link><description><![CDATA[This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet shadows of twilight! how calm their repose, While the dewdrops fall soft in the breast of the rose!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet shadows of twilight! how calm their repose, While the dewdrops fall soft in the breast of the rose!  How blest to the toiler his hour of release   When the vesper is heard with its whisper of peace!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3058]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32660]]></link><description><![CDATA[O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space is the breath of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space is the breath of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good fathers make good sons ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good fathers make good sons]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While it is right to stress the dangers of the permissive society, the argument from danger is not in itself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7562]]></link><description><![CDATA[While it is right to stress the dangers of the permissive society, the argument from danger is not in itself a good argument, because it seems to imply that, if the danger could be removed, if there was no risk of a child and no peril of infection, then the objection would be removed, too. It tends to imply that the objection is to the attendant dangers and not to the thing itself. But if sexual intercourse before and outside marriage is against the teaching of Jesus, then the thing is not only dangerous, it is wrong in itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now we have a one-game winning streak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now we have a one-game winning streak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning how to show kindness and express genuine love to yourself and others doesn't have to be easy for you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning how to show kindness and express genuine love to yourself and others doesn't have to be easy for you to know it's the right thing to always do..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13014]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They saw a lack of planning in other major events recently in the U.S., so they wanted to get a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41449]]></link><description><![CDATA[They saw a lack of planning in other major events recently in the U.S., so they wanted to get a step ahead of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's just a little over an inch above normal. It's not spectacular but it's enough to make a difference here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37825]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's just a little over an inch above normal. It's not spectacular but it's enough to make a difference here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all living in a chemical soup. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9353]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all living in a chemical soup.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music hath charm to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music hath charm to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxen and the ButchersThe oxen once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who practiced a trade destructive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1559]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Oxen and the ButchersThe oxen once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who practiced a trade destructive to their race. They assembled on a certain day to carry out their purpose, and sharpened their horns for the contest. But one of them who was exceedingly old (for many a field had he plowed) thus spoke: These Butchers, it is true, slaughter us, but they do so with skillful hands, and with no unnecessary pain. If we get rid of them, we shall fall into the hands of unskillful operators, and thus suffer a double death: for you may be assured, that though all the Butchers should perish, yet will men never want beef. Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43090]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You start to put them all together and ... add up what we already are spending, you're going to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30391]]></link><description><![CDATA[You start to put them all together and ... add up what we already are spending, you're going to find it's fairly significant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming and Windows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,  When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board   The old broken links of affection restored,    When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,     And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.      What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye?       What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a lot of courage- -to move in the opposite direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9106]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is the illusion of permanance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is the illusion of permanance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27178]]></link><description><![CDATA[In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27178</guid></item></channel></rss>