<?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[It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3144]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65199]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that you want to find a solution that the Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and harmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40142]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that you want to find a solution that the Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and harmony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's never really even been off the farm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30744]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's never really even been off the farm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15107]]></link><description><![CDATA[All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power. [It., La vostra nominanza e color d'erba,  Che viene e va; e quei la discolora   Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52276]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential that the US government guarantees his safety when he visits this country in the future, including his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential that the US government guarantees his safety when he visits this country in the future, including his scheduled visit to the United Nations in New York,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16697]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever come we have to meet it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever come we have to meet it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18577]]></link><description><![CDATA[And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way -- by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Christian marriage is [not] one with no problems or even a marriage with fewer problems. (It may well mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6538]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Christian marriage is [not] one with no problems or even a marriage with fewer problems. (It may well mean more problems.) But it does mean a life in which two people are able to accept each other and love each other in the midst of problems and fears. It means a marriage in which selfish people can accept selfish people without constantly trying to change them -- and even accept themselves, because they realize personally that they have been accepted by Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25501]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. - Lacon, 1825.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The paintings have been in Vienna for 68 years, and people in Europe saw them all the time. I thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The paintings have been in Vienna for 68 years, and people in Europe saw them all the time. I thought it would be a beautiful thing to show them in this country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pardon him as God shall pardon me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16518]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pardon him as God shall pardon me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60860]]></link><description><![CDATA[People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11362]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55464]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him gives me a sort of right to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63985]]></link><description><![CDATA[To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great surprise to get these players back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39614]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great surprise to get these players back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the throng'd levee bends the venal tribe: With fair but faithless smiles each varnish'd o'er,  Each smooth as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10456]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the throng'd levee bends the venal tribe: With fair but faithless smiles each varnish'd o'er,  Each smooth as those that mutually deceive,   And for their falsehood each despising each.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through contamination by invisible agents and innocent germ carriers, by the most varied forms of contact, or simply by breathing the common air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, it's better than sitting there watching this tiny mosquito grow larger on your arm. I don't know that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31209]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, it's better than sitting there watching this tiny mosquito grow larger on your arm. I don't know that he gains much by pulling out now. But he definitely stops hemorrhaging of public opinion against this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31209</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[Remember, sir, my liege, The kings your ancestors, together with  The natural bravery of your isle, which stands  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, sir, my liege, The kings your ancestors, together with  The natural bravery of your isle, which stands   As Neptune's park, ribbed and paled in    With rocks unscalable and roaring waters,     With sands that will not bear your enemies' boats      But suck them up to th' topmast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47360]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went through baseball as "a player to be named later.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57454]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went through baseball as "a player to be named later.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63977]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I rise long before day and work till nightfall, when I take a walk and go to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38836]]></link><description><![CDATA[I rise long before day and work till nightfall, when I take a walk and go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extremes meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extremes meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60254]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity  That it went hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12076]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity  That it went hand in hand even with the vow   I made to her in marriage, and to decline    Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor     To those of mine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The twig is so easily bended I have banished the rule and the rod:  I have taught them the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The twig is so easily bended I have banished the rule and the rod:  I have taught them the goodness of knowledge,   They have taught me the goodness of God;    My heart is the dungeon of darkness,     When I shut them for breaking a rule;      My frown is sufficient correction;       My love is the law of the school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58739</guid></item></channel></rss>