<?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[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest things become great when God requires them of us; they are small only in themselves; they are always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6444]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest things become great when God requires them of us; they are small only in themselves; they are always great when they are done for God, and when they serve to unite us with Him eternally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12692]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time or tide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time or tide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou shalt go thou shalt return never in battle shalt thou perish. [Lat., Ibis redibis non morieris in bello.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou shalt go thou shalt return never in battle shalt thou perish. [Lat., Ibis redibis non morieris in bello.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65760]]></link><description><![CDATA[The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps we will drink a drop of champagne. This is an undeniable victory for a social movement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps we will drink a drop of champagne. This is an undeniable victory for a social movement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate,  I'd weep the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate,  I'd weep the world in such a strain   As it should deluge once again;    But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies     More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes,      I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds       And write thy epitaph in blood and wounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a personnel perspective, the personnel matter has been resolved. We took what action needed to be taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38445]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a personnel perspective, the personnel matter has been resolved. We took what action needed to be taken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66149]]></link><description><![CDATA[One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't get a lot of pub. We're not in the media, we're not in the papers, so people figure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28590]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't get a lot of pub. We're not in the media, we're not in the papers, so people figure we're just sneaking by, getting lucky and winning games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of theheart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of theheart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but thecertainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Life is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24982]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while. -Groucho Marx.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smoke ascends In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires  Shine and are changed. In the valley   Shadows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smoke ascends In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires  Shine and are changed. In the valley   Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun    Closing his benediction,     Sinks, and the darkening air      Thrills with the sense of the triumphing night,--       Night with train of stars        And her great gift of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27676]]></link><description><![CDATA[In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the letter is genuine. We can't verify it because we don't know where he is, he is on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the letter is genuine. We can't verify it because we don't know where he is, he is on the run. I have seen his signature before and it looks like it. I think it is authentic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23017]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are thousands of different card products, some are offered with low interest rates, some are offered with no fees, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40000]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are thousands of different card products, some are offered with low interest rates, some are offered with no fees, some are offered with a cash rebate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2840]]></link><description><![CDATA[A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13728]]></link><description><![CDATA[They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I invite our friends and allies to work together for the commitment of democracy, freedom and peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39082]]></link><description><![CDATA[I invite our friends and allies to work together for the commitment of democracy, freedom and peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a little country hick boy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a little country hick boy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. -Henry David Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go on for ever. - The Brook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; in fact, spirit is the essence of being human. You have a body that may become ill; you have a psyche that may become disturbed. But the spirit is what you are. It is your healthy core.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2215]]></link><description><![CDATA[We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33507]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help him out. He knows he has to prove himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60137]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17523]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While we are looking at God, we do not see ourselves -- blessed riddance. The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had nothing but repeated failures will experience real relief when he stops tinkering with his soul and looks away to the perfect One.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44419]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet's darling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet's darling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51630]]></link><description><![CDATA[That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just what's so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26636]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just what's so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26636</guid></item></channel></rss>