<?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 world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61882]]></link><description><![CDATA[He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mightier man, the mightier is the thing That makes him honored or begets him hate;  For greatest scandal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54751]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mightier man, the mightier is the thing That makes him honored or begets him hate;  For greatest scandal waits on greatest state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firm and erect the Caledonian stood; Sound was his mutton, and his claret good;  "Let him drink port!" the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firm and erect the Caledonian stood; Sound was his mutton, and his claret good;  "Let him drink port!" the English statesman cried:   He drank the poison, and his spirit died.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17453]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on next to nothing, have taken due precaution against ever perishing from hunger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19824]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1421]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is an unknowable there is a promise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank you for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to treat people as if they have nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28638]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to treat people as if they have nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17300]]></link><description><![CDATA[As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24791]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[birthday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4273]]></link><description><![CDATA[birthday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizenship consists in the service of the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Citizenship consists in the service of the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing away, ay, sing away, Merry little bird  Always gayest of the gay,   Though a woodland roundelay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing away, ay, sing away, Merry little bird  Always gayest of the gay,   Though a woodland roundelay    You ne'er sung not heard;     Though your life from youth to age      Passes is a narrow cage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5808]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of the thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of the thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885   In our Ashrams of East ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885   In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open Heart", in which we tell our needs... We give four or five hours to this catharsis. The reaction of one member, who listened to it for the first time, was: "Good gracious, have we all the disrupted people in the country here?" My reply was: "No, you have a cross section of the church life honestly revealed." In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To show the world what long experience gains, Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;  But at life's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14674]]></link><description><![CDATA[To show the world what long experience gains, Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;  But at life's outset to inform mankind   Is a bold effort of a valiant mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20186]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the nobler growth our realms supply And souls are ripened in our northern sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the nobler growth our realms supply And souls are ripened in our northern sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin asked us not to mention a single country in the G8 final document and we did that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Putin asked us not to mention a single country in the G8 final document and we did that,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For gold in phisik is a cordial; Therefore he lovede gold in special. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17770]]></link><description><![CDATA[For gold in phisik is a cordial; Therefore he lovede gold in special.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know we still can get a lot better. We all hope our best basketball is yet to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31691]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know we still can get a lot better. We all hope our best basketball is yet to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of their courage, their lack of fear, they (creative people) are willing to make silly mistakes. The truly creative ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of their courage, their lack of fear, they (creative people) are willing to make silly mistakes. The truly creative person is one who can think crazy; such a person knows full well that many of his great ideas will prove to be worthless. The creative person is flexible -- he is able to change as the situation changes, to break habits, to face indecision and changes in conditions without undue stress. He is not threatened by the unexpected as rigid, inflexible people are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great necessities call out great virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great necessities call out great virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth, and wit that knows no gall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27431]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth, and wit that knows no gall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have it in our power to begin the world over again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62227]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have it in our power to begin the world over again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10378]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10378</guid></item></channel></rss>