<?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[How the Doctor's brow should smile, Crown'd with wreaths of camomile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26702]]></link><description><![CDATA[How the Doctor's brow should smile, Crown'd with wreaths of camomile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65021]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50561]]></link><description><![CDATA[By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18761]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles   Some natures will endure an immense amount of misery before they feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles   Some natures will endure an immense amount of misery before they feel compelled to look there for help whence all help and healing come. They cannot believe that there is verily an unseen, mysterious power, till the world and all that is in it has vanished in the smoke of despair; till cause and effect are nothing to the intellect, and possible glories have faded from the imagination. Then, deprived of all that made life pleasant or hopeful, the immortal essence, lonely and wretched and unable to cease, looks up with its now unfettered and wakened instinct to the source of its own life -- to the possible God who, notwithstanding all the improbabilities of His existence, may yet perhaps be, and may yet perhaps hear His wretched creature that calls. In this loneliness of despair, life must find The Life: for joy is gone, and life is all that is left; it is compelled to seek its source, its root, its eternal life. This alone remains a possible thing. Strange condition of despair into which the Spirit of God drives a man -- a condition in which the Best alone is the Possible!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay,  And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57286]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay,  And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never seen a reaction like that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never seen a reaction like that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our pitchers struggled, but there really wasn't much else we could do with their pitcher today. He's the best we've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our pitchers struggled, but there really wasn't much else we could do with their pitcher today. He's the best we've seen all year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the mischief is done the door is shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50532]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the mischief is done the door is shut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration . . . because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom always says I could sing before I could talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42662]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom always says I could sing before I could talk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cry out upon the stars for doing Ill offices, to cross their wooing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cry out upon the stars for doing Ill offices, to cross their wooing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen inches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50825]]></link><description><![CDATA[His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen inches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11803]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little birdie flew overhead a traffic light of green and red.From her diagonal point of view she saw both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9689]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little birdie flew overhead a traffic light of green and red.From her diagonal point of view she saw both crimson and lime hue. Obey traffic rules? Birdies need not. Masters listen onlyto the inner voice of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet again the politicians and bosses won and the people of New Jersey lose. The judges have totally thrown out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet again the politicians and bosses won and the people of New Jersey lose. The judges have totally thrown out the rights of the people in this state to vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's some ill planet reigns. I must be patient till the heavens look  With an aspect more favorable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3405]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's some ill planet reigns. I must be patient till the heavens look  With an aspect more favorable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. Whenever the secular arm is called in to sustain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47470]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. Whenever the secular arm is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old, it is always a bad idea, and not infrequently it is downright idiotic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43124]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4759]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons  Of Belial, flown with insolence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22926]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons  Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach. [Sp., Tripas llevan corazon, que no corazon tripas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach. [Sp., Tripas llevan corazon, que no corazon tripas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt's just been a horse for us throughout the second half of the season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matt's just been a horse for us throughout the second half of the season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just told them to play better defense. We changed a couple things on our full-court press. We jumped to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32105]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just told them to play better defense. We changed a couple things on our full-court press. We jumped to a 2-3 for a little bit and didn't do too bad of a job with it. They were shooting well the first half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions are the creative acts of intelligence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions are the creative acts of intelligence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and they'll thrive--only the rat does as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61224]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3970]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true man hates no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27022]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true man hates no one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting. It's gone from a criminal trial to more of a civil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38283]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting. It's gone from a criminal trial to more of a civil one. This has become a document trial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44971]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You tell a tale to a dead man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51763]]></link><description><![CDATA[You tell a tale to a dead man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4644]]></link><description><![CDATA[If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4644</guid></item></channel></rss>