<?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 government must speak for you, and the nation, which are the same. That is the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government must speak for you, and the nation, which are the same. That is the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20012]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this: were there the slightest possibility that another rival or superior species might appear, on earth or elsewhere, man would use every means at his disposal to destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26862]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit  Beneath my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3547]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit  Beneath my shady roof; there thou mayest rest   And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,    And all the daughters of the year shall dance!     Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and, instead of thinking how things may be, to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59626]]></link><description><![CDATA[The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and, instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12686]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. [Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. [Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to keep all costs down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to keep all costs down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have a strong mind and a soft heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have a strong mind and a soft heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If .. 'Ifs and buts' were candy and nuts...oh, what a party we would have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28135]]></link><description><![CDATA[If .. 'Ifs and buts' were candy and nuts...oh, what a party we would have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56867]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40158]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of allothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of allothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the camelauction slaughterhousethe camel lotthe rejected creaturessee no Camelot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24995]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the camelauction slaughterhousethe camel lotthe rejected creaturessee no Camelot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48054]]></link><description><![CDATA[He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first in glory, as the first in place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first in glory, as the first in place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52011]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much might be said on both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much might be said on both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will is the dynamic soul-force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will is the dynamic soul-force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Columbus, bringing in Adam Foote was a huge pickup for them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Columbus, bringing in Adam Foote was a huge pickup for them,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--  Comes of the purple ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--  Comes of the purple he from childhood wears,   Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,  Lest I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,  Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so   Who art not missed by any that entreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.   - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62123]]></link><description><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a woman, for ever and ever, Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55904]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52337]]></link><description><![CDATA[The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people.  The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was able to put away my opportunities and that is something I am happy about, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was able to put away my opportunities and that is something I am happy about,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices others are unwilling to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices others are unwilling to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47973]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15521]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59577]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to look at different combinations of players. We did achieve that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30792]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to look at different combinations of players. We did achieve that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be theconsequence, and pains to be coveted that will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be theconsequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greaterpleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream the impossible dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream the impossible dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should learn to choose our words carefully, as we can hurt, and mislead others. Words...can't be taken back, once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63188]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should learn to choose our words carefully, as we can hurt, and mislead others. Words...can't be taken back, once you give them away.Harsh words are like bullets: no matter what, they can still leave a painful injury. And sometimes, a "sorry" is not enough to heal the wounds you leave...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, Dance like nobody's watching, Sing like nobody's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, Dance like nobody's watching, Sing like nobody's listening, Live like it's heaven on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47729]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is an unbelievable coach. I loved playing for him and I don't think I've had a better coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40026]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is an unbelievable coach. I loved playing for him and I don't think I've had a better coach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you shoot at a king you must kill him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24487]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you shoot at a king you must kill him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24487</guid></item></channel></rss>