<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe you can and you're halfway there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe you can and you're halfway there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13518]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry -- a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry -- a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43921]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair and misery are static factors. The dynamism of an uprising flows from hope and pride. Not actual suffering but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair and misery are static factors. The dynamism of an uprising flows from hope and pride. Not actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I almost die for food, and let me have it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I almost die for food, and let me have it!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20477]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59066]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in love is not complete until he is married. Then he is finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25794]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in love is not complete until he is married. Then he is finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All night the thirsty beach has listening lain With patience dumb,  Counting the slow, said moments of her pain; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59263]]></link><description><![CDATA[All night the thirsty beach has listening lain With patience dumb,  Counting the slow, said moments of her pain;   Now morn has come,    And with the morn the punctual tide again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin. [The fable of frog and the cow.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin. [The fable of frog and the cow.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplicity of the interaction is one of the most critical things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplicity of the interaction is one of the most critical things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is fifteen years older than I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is fifteen years older than I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36828]]></link><description><![CDATA[I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62883]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling can bring to the most important muscle of the body... the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing from my personal experiences with him would ever have led me to question his integrity, his morals, his honesty. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing from my personal experiences with him would ever have led me to question his integrity, his morals, his honesty. He was always regarded as someone with real integrity and somebody with a keen moral compass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred in my imagination it is!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had a pretty significant rally over the last few months. The fundamentals have been better, but perhaps the stocks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had a pretty significant rally over the last few months. The fundamentals have been better, but perhaps the stocks got a little bit ahead of the fundamentals as a number of companies have met or exceeded second-quarter expectations but haven't necessarily raised the bar for future quarters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He tells old wives' tales much to the point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50247]]></link><description><![CDATA[He tells old wives' tales much to the point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18170]]></link><description><![CDATA[We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20014]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4141]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never tried to be uber-sexy, ... I want to age gracefully. At 48 now, I've finally lost my baby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never tried to be uber-sexy, ... I want to age gracefully. At 48 now, I've finally lost my baby fat. I want to look nice and feel attractive. ... I grew my hair out and got it lightened for the simple reason that I'm pretty gray, and this means I don't have to go to the hairdresser as often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's is a clarion call,  And the blackbird plays but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's is a clarion call,  And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute,   But I love him best of all.    For his song is all the joy of life,     And we in the mad spring weather,      We two have listened till he sang       Our hearts and lips together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9330]]></link><description><![CDATA[If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many laws argues so many sins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56387]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many laws argues so many sins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66416]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our guys are eager. They're ready to go. We'd like to play tonight if we could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our guys are eager. They're ready to go. We'd like to play tonight if we could.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53683]]></link><description><![CDATA[To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not contrary to reason…. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not contrary to reason….]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46552]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had the feeling she was taking a doctor-patient confidentiality role. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36167]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had the feeling she was taking a doctor-patient confidentiality role.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was our season tonight. We had to lay it on the line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37607]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was our season tonight. We had to lay it on the line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34973]]></link><description><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34973</guid></item></channel></rss>