<?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[Idealist: a cynic in the making. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealist: a cynic in the making.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see them here is a dream come true. Los Angeles has been my hometown for so long, so to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41575]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see them here is a dream come true. Los Angeles has been my hometown for so long, so to have them here is beyond words. I'm going to come here very often and bring friends to see them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall  Be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43173]]></link><description><![CDATA[That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall  Be crumbled into dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[had everything to live for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29904]]></link><description><![CDATA[had everything to live for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41551]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26056]]></link><description><![CDATA[What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to look too far ahead. We've got a big weekend coming up [against Penn State] before anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to look too far ahead. We've got a big weekend coming up [against Penn State] before anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned a great deal about music through my experiences. I've learned of its sanctity. Of its holiness. I've learned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned a great deal about music through my experiences. I've learned of its sanctity. Of its holiness. I've learned that music is a very powerful force, not to be trivialized or watered down or maufactured into soul-less, mindless drivel. Selling out to the corporate butcher would secure me a nice little place in hell, I knew. So I determined early on to make it on my own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast fair forms that move With queenly tread;  Thou hast proud fanes above   Thy mighty dread. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast fair forms that move With queenly tread;  Thou hast proud fanes above   Thy mighty dread.    Yet wears thy Tiber's shore     A mournful mien:--      Rome, Rome, thou art no more       As thou hast been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you must do is accecpt all that is unaccecptable to you. -Cheri Huber. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58383]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you must do is accecpt all that is unaccecptable to you. -Cheri Huber.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the words of Truth, breath'd from the lips of Love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59797]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the words of Truth, breath'd from the lips of Love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a young, mid-20s girl here who was the daughter of the owner, and another gentleman who just immigrated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29716]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a young, mid-20s girl here who was the daughter of the owner, and another gentleman who just immigrated here and was trying to work two jobs to save enough money to bring his family here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances beyond my individual control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances beyond my individual control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In July 2004 we made two undercover purchases of crack cocaine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29251]]></link><description><![CDATA[In July 2004 we made two undercover purchases of crack cocaine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of factors we don't know definite answers to yet, to know whether this is OK or not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40986]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of factors we don't know definite answers to yet, to know whether this is OK or not OK.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I die content, I die for the liberty of my country. [Fr., Je meurs content, je meurs pour la liberte ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45805]]></link><description><![CDATA[I die content, I die for the liberty of my country. [Fr., Je meurs content, je meurs pour la liberte de mon pays.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth;  If you had been in Turkey or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth;  If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,   Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth,    Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,     You'd wish yourself where Truth is--in a well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holies of themselves a shape As of an arbor took. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holies of themselves a shape As of an arbor took.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds are males, words females are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds are males, words females are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blaze razed four or five blocks that housed the male Indonesian inmates, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28261]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blaze razed four or five blocks that housed the male Indonesian inmates,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is in the details. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is in the details.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! my child, where is the Pen That can do justice to the Hen?  Like Royalty, she goes her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! my child, where is the Pen That can do justice to the Hen?  Like Royalty, she goes her way,   Laying foundations every day,    Though not for Public Buildings, yet     For Custard, Cake and Omelette.      Of if too old for such a use       They have their fling at some abuse,        As when to censure Plays Unfit         Upon the stage they make a Hit          Or at elections seal the Fate           Of an Obnoxious Candidate.            No wonder, Child, we prize the Hen,             Whose Egg is Mightier than the Pen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9711]]></link><description><![CDATA[If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that ... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This initiative is being financed by Californians who want to try it in Colorado instead of their own backyard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39623]]></link><description><![CDATA[This initiative is being financed by Californians who want to try it in Colorado instead of their own backyard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very costly for Americans to continue to fatten up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35448]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very costly for Americans to continue to fatten up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This survey highlights the importance that brands play within many aspects of our lives, and reveals some interesting trends, such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28984]]></link><description><![CDATA[This survey highlights the importance that brands play within many aspects of our lives, and reveals some interesting trends, such as the dominance of technology and Internet-based brands. Companies that take a proactive approach to managing their brands are in a much better position to earn respect from their customers, as exemplified by the top-ranked brands on the list.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why not be silent, patient, and watchful like a photographer? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why not be silent, patient, and watchful like a photographer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42426</guid></item></channel></rss>