<?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[Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today we are reaching from younger people to? baby boomers and up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today we are reaching from younger people to? baby boomers and up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. Isham.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if college actually changes your viewpoint; it just gives you more depth. There is actually a theory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if college actually changes your viewpoint; it just gives you more depth. There is actually a theory called the reinforcement thesis, which says that people acquire a mental lens or filter at a very young age. As you get older you tend to accept more readily the information that reinforces that view and reject information that contradicts it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells!  What a world of merriment their melody foretells!   How ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells!  What a world of merriment their melody foretells!   How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,    In the icy air of night,     While the stars that oversprinkle      All the Heavens seem to twinkle       With a crystalline delight:        Keeping time, time, time,         In a sort of Runic rhyme          To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells           From the bells, bells, bells, bells,            Bells, bells, bells--             From the jingling and the tingling of the bells.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three women make a market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three women make a market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We pulled it out in the end, but it shouldn't have even got to that point with the kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36548]]></link><description><![CDATA[We pulled it out in the end, but it shouldn't have even got to that point with the kind of lead we had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57460]]></link><description><![CDATA[With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am even willing to concede that many of them are physically clean, good to their mothers and in favor of world peace. But while the game is on, I can't think of anything to say to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is made by two people in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd but in an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is made by two people in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd but in an oblivious crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, how's it going?' So I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, how's it going?' So I grabbed his arm and twisted it up behind his head and said 'Now who's asking the questions?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48644]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The green earth sends her incense up.  From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13129]]></link><description><![CDATA[The green earth sends her incense up.  From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup  She pours her sacred wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9501]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All diseases run into one, old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1886]]></link><description><![CDATA[All diseases run into one, old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18397]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity. [Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44767]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity. [Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not quail, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not quail,  But sets up his rest and makes up his feast,   With a crust of brown bread and a pot of good ale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success brings many to ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success brings many to ruin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a little rough. But things like this happen, they happen for reason. So I'm just happy to just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33544]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a little rough. But things like this happen, they happen for reason. So I'm just happy to just have the opportunity to continue to play football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ladies be but young and fair, They have the gift to know it; and in his brain, Which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55651]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ladies be but young and fair, They have the gift to know it; and in his brain, Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd With observation, the which he vents In mangled forms. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes lots of practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29159]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes lots of practice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not a problem; the problem is your unawareness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3585]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not a problem; the problem is your unawareness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43220]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of the human mind in ruins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of the human mind in ruins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. -Zen saying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. -Zen saying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine  That cravens my weak hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine  That cravens my weak hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards andexamine ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22741]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards andexamine ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished fraud perpetrated on the American ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished fraud perpetrated on the American public by such companies as Enron, Global Crossing, Tyco and Adelphia, we finally got the ringleader. Maybe now we can lower the nation's terror alert to periwinkle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been just enough activity on the big, new shiny aircraft front ... to keep both manufacturers feeling and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31733]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been just enough activity on the big, new shiny aircraft front ... to keep both manufacturers feeling and talking very buoyantly about the future,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20277]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58620]]></link><description><![CDATA[They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11422]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61490]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we areheaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21377]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we areheaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of ourcontrols. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of ourcontrols.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we will not be able to reach agreements in the end, this constitution is going to be presented to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36224]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we will not be able to reach agreements in the end, this constitution is going to be presented to the Iraqis in an Oct. 15 referendum. Legally we do not need the parliament to vote on the draft, but we need only a consensus so that all the Iraqis will say yes to the constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56872</guid></item></channel></rss>