<?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 glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the science of things which are not repeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63490]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the science of things which are not repeated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wasn't hit by Katrina is being targeted by Rita. The market is taking the storm very seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28507]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wasn't hit by Katrina is being targeted by Rita. The market is taking the storm very seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is the first truly democratic culture, the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television is the first truly democratic culture, the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. the most terrifying thing is what people do want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a lot of homework, and I have some I need to do while I'm doing the play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37072]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a lot of homework, and I have some I need to do while I'm doing the play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5684]]></link><description><![CDATA[In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barbour is ideologically opposed to tax increases, and he apparently wants to finish his term saying he avoided one, even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Barbour is ideologically opposed to tax increases, and he apparently wants to finish his term saying he avoided one, even in the face of this tremendous disaster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65714]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am almost frightened out of my seven senses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34248]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's part of our culture and firm belief that smart, talented local bankers make the best decisions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41946]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's part of our culture and firm belief that smart, talented local bankers make the best decisions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You rely on senior hitters to do their job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35543]]></link><description><![CDATA[You rely on senior hitters to do their job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body yet endures ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body yet endures]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19329]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul, Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40923]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always cast in all the exotic parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11467]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just saw a big sign with the F-word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32093]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just saw a big sign with the F-word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing when ill, is to never lose heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28017]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing when ill, is to never lose heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58345]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who matter are most aware that everyone else does, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20643]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who matter are most aware that everyone else does, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a little gray house in a one-street town, And the door stands open, and the steps go down, And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42312]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a little gray house in a one-street town, And the door stands open, and the steps go down, And you prop up the window with a stick on the sill, And you carry spring water from the bottom of the hill; And the white star of Bethlehem grows in t]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Following his brief inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party walked over to St. Paul's Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Following his brief inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party walked over to St. Paul's Church for divine services. His prayer that afternoon was: 'Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's only as old as the woman he feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63494]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's only as old as the woman he feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/209]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence... and loathing seizes him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on their boundaries. Such development disrupts the natural rhythm of the forest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the final achievement.  After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the final achievement.  After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would have been as though he [President Andrew Johnson] were in a boat of stone with masts of steel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56185]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would have been as though he [President Andrew Johnson] were in a boat of stone with masts of steel, sails of lead, ropes of iron, the devil at the helm, the wrath of God for a breeze, and hell for his destination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!"  A voice came o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45071]]></link><description><![CDATA["Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!"  A voice came o'er the waters far,   "Just drop your bucket where you are."    And then they dipped and drank their fill     Of water fresh from mead and hill;      And then they knew they sailed upon       The broad mouth of the Amazon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19263]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a country redneck bloke ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a country redneck bloke]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24206]]></link><description><![CDATA[no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If small businesses want to buy the high-cost option and they can afford it, great. If they don't, why can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29054]]></link><description><![CDATA[If small businesses want to buy the high-cost option and they can afford it, great. If they don't, why can you not offer them lower-cost options?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many young Americans that are very distant from our political process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40294]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many young Americans that are very distant from our political process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40294</guid></item></channel></rss>