<?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[Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it. - "Modern Maturity Magazine, Jan/Feb 1995".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did thrust (as now) in other's corn his sickle.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did thrust (as now) in other's corn his sickle.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the most exciting match of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42149]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the most exciting match of the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52234]]></link><description><![CDATA[To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the urge to reach a state of peace, but we have no urge to compromise an inch of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29893]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the urge to reach a state of peace, but we have no urge to compromise an inch of our territory nor do we accept our sovereignty to be impinged on,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25378]]></link><description><![CDATA[The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61110]]></link><description><![CDATA[If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of them are starting at an even playing field. They've never played the game. These girls only have got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of them are starting at an even playing field. They've never played the game. These girls only have got a couple weeks of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free is an obligation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11271]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free is an obligation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's something big coming to the outside area of Ottawa, sort of a private clinic for holistic aspects of healing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32101]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's something big coming to the outside area of Ottawa, sort of a private clinic for holistic aspects of healing. It's going to be a huge $150-million dollar project and it's going to attract the world's attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We used to say that Memorial Day started the season. Now, Presidents' Day is considered the start of the season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33864]]></link><description><![CDATA[We used to say that Memorial Day started the season. Now, Presidents' Day is considered the start of the season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm extremely proud of the kids. We hit this road trip (East won at Green River 72-67 Friday) head on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm extremely proud of the kids. We hit this road trip (East won at Green River 72-67 Friday) head on and got two big wins. We played with as much intensity and we've had all year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This guelder rose, at far too slight a beck Of the wind, will toss about her flower-apples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54424]]></link><description><![CDATA[This guelder rose, at far too slight a beck Of the wind, will toss about her flower-apples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. The umbrella has become the acknowledged ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60005]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. The umbrella has become the acknowledged index of social position. . . . Crusoe was rather a moralist than a pietist, and his leaf-umbrella is as fine an example of the civilized mind striving to express itself under adverse circumstances as we have ever met with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair,  That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair,  That, like thy petals, trembles in possession,   And scatters on the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Goethe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Goethe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44341]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak;  . . . .   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56596]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak;  . . . .   They are slaves who dare not be    In the right with two or three.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The city is growing in leaps and bounds and we feel good about that. We want to expand on that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The city is growing in leaps and bounds and we feel good about that. We want to expand on that and help the city keep growing in a positive way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30351]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The times they are a-changing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The times they are a-changing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is best to know the worst at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is best to know the worst at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . . . they give thanks for the gift and reflect the love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57559]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the anti-abortion movement took a tenth of the energy they put into noisy theatrics and devoted it to improving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/116]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the anti-abortion movement took a tenth of the energy they put into noisy theatrics and devoted it to improving the lives of children who have been born into lives of poverty, violence, and neglect, they could make a world shine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6053]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/771]]></link><description><![CDATA[For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40719]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34306]]></link><description><![CDATA[In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, that's spoken like an honest drovier. So they sell bullocks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, that's spoken like an honest drovier. So they sell bullocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Traveler and His DogA Traveler about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Traveler and His DogA Traveler about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door stretching himself. He asked him sharply: Why do you stand there gaping? Everything is ready but you, so come with me instantly. The Dog, wagging his tail, replied: O, master! I am quite ready; it is you for whom I am waiting. The loiterer often blames delay on his more active friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill the cup and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn;  Every minute dies a man,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill the cup and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn;  Every minute dies a man,   Every minute one is born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a different election. It is so much more important than any other time because our safety is at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39599]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a different election. It is so much more important than any other time because our safety is at stake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53896]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race is divided into two sharply differentiated and mutually antagonistic classes, almost two genera- a small minority that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52198]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race is divided into two sharply differentiated and mutually antagonistic classes, almost two genera- a small minority that plays with ideas and is capable of taking them in, and a vast majority that finds them painful, and is thus arrayed against them, and against all who have traffic with them. The intellectual heritage of the race belongs to the minority, and to the minority only. The majority has no more to do with it than it has to do with ecclesiastic politics on Mars. In so far as that heritage is apprehended, it is viewed with enmity. But in the main it is not apprehended at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43323]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This power of being outwardly genial and inwardly austere, which is the real Christian temper, depends entirely upon the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7856]]></link><description><![CDATA[This power of being outwardly genial and inwardly austere, which is the real Christian temper, depends entirely upon the time set apart for personal religion. It is always achieved if courageously and faithfully sought; and there are no heights of love and holiness to which it cannot lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adultery usually follows a law of diminishing returns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adultery usually follows a law of diminishing returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have fear of those that command you, spare those that obey you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21386]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have fear of those that command you, spare those that obey you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48246</guid></item></channel></rss>