<?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[Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know what you can get away with until you try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21651]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know what you can get away with until you try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're making the best use of the space we have. We're able to adjust the programs and activities to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're making the best use of the space we have. We're able to adjust the programs and activities to meet needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it is to make plans for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it is to make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that more people will make more plans in such areas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary to all sense." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23068]]></link><description><![CDATA["Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary to all sense."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools. -As You Like It. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's done cannot be undone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51385]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's done cannot be undone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,   As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,    And we are not told whose gift was gold,     Or whose was the gift of myrrh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27466]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34514]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This glorious raid, like the others before it in New York, Washington and Madrid, has moved our battle right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29809]]></link><description><![CDATA[This glorious raid, like the others before it in New York, Washington and Madrid, has moved our battle right to the enemy's doorstep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy! Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;  Dreams cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy! Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;  Dreams cannot picture a world so fair--   Sorrow and death may not enter there;    Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,     For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,      It is there, it is there, my child!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51524]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught:  Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught:  Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go where glory waits thee; But while fame elates thee,  Oh! still remember me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go where glory waits thee; But while fame elates thee,  Oh! still remember me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a shocking gasoline build. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28411]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a shocking gasoline build.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't ignore the small things -- the kite flies because of its tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't ignore the small things -- the kite flies because of its tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en a crow o' th' same nest; not altogether so great as the first in goodness, but greater a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10497]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en a crow o' th' same nest; not altogether so great as the first in goodness, but greater a great deal in evil. He excels his brother for a coward, yet his brother is reputed one of the best that is. In a retreat he outruns any lackey; marry, in coming on he has the cramp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's time where you have to have fun, ... The grind of the camp becomes too much for the psyche ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41336]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's time where you have to have fun, ... The grind of the camp becomes too much for the psyche of a college player. You have to always, constantly try to be on the same page with your players. You can't let them get too far away where you can't tell what they're thinking or what they're feeling. At the same time, it's not a sit-around-the-camp-fire session every day where we are discussing our feelings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive software facilities scattered about he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9107]]></link><description><![CDATA[A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive software facilities scattered about he globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common idea's and common ideals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28473]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want any money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want any money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61094]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14217]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that we are operating appropriately and effectively in the current setting, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that we are operating appropriately and effectively in the current setting,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love without attachment is light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love without attachment is light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be pointed out with the finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53888]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be pointed out with the finger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall assume that what each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but by pictures made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51995]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall assume that what each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but by pictures made by himself or given to him. If his atlas tells him the world is flat he will not sail near what he believes to be the edge of our planet for fear of falling off. If his maps include a fountain of eternal youth, a Ponce de Leon will go off in quest of it. If someone digs up yellow dirt that looks like gold, he will for a time act exactly as if he has found gold. The way in which the world is imagined determines at any particular moment what men will do. It does not determine what they will achieve. It determines their effort, their feelings, their hopes, not their accomplishments and results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to imagine that many people come to our small city every year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38139]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to imagine that many people come to our small city every year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live in Seattle, but I never see this much traffic clustered in one place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live in Seattle, but I never see this much traffic clustered in one place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherin he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43854]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherin he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63861]]></link><description><![CDATA[What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63727]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63727</guid></item></channel></rss>