<?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[I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53007]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven. I should as soon think of swimming across the Charles river when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  The Son of God suffered unto the death, not that men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  The Son of God suffered unto the death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like His.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious hand of a despot]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossiping doesn't belong in the office. Most of us don't want to hear somebody else's personal drama. If there's good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossiping doesn't belong in the office. Most of us don't want to hear somebody else's personal drama. If there's good news ... graduation, a new house ... but the negative stuff doesn't have a place in the office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've counted more than 20 people killed today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36781]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've counted more than 20 people killed today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63843]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are trying and we continue to try. We have increased oil production to over 10 million barrels a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40148]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are trying and we continue to try. We have increased oil production to over 10 million barrels a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52232]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  But when does flesh receive the bread which He calls His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  But when does flesh receive the bread which He calls His flesh? The faithful know and receive the Body of Christ if they labor to be the body of Christ; and they become the body of Christ if they study to live by the Spirit of Christ: for that which lives by the Spirit of Christ is the body of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11974]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Home" is any four walls that enclose the right person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19630]]></link><description><![CDATA["Home" is any four walls that enclose the right person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no ordinary moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22355]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no ordinary moments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started with a treatment that we worked up and developed a story that we liked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29221]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started with a treatment that we worked up and developed a story that we liked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just kind of connected better than the rest. He jumps up and puts his front legs on my shoulders ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32549]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just kind of connected better than the rest. He jumps up and puts his front legs on my shoulders and rests his head on my shoulders. He's very loving and listens to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love , if you have it , you don't need anything else...and if you don't have it , it harldy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love , if you have it , you don't need anything else...and if you don't have it , it harldy matters what else you have .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair daffadils, we weep to see You haste away so soone;  As yet the early-rising sun   Has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair daffadils, we weep to see You haste away so soone;  As yet the early-rising sun   Has not attained its noone.    . . . .     We have short time to stay as you,      We have as short a spring;       As quick a growth to meet decay        As you or anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27266]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17420]]></link><description><![CDATA[MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth  The vice I am talking about is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth  The vice I am talking about is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility. You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there. Well, now we have come to the centre. According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea-bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complexity and profundity have been equated by the academic culture just as fame and significance have been conflated by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complexity and profundity have been equated by the academic culture just as fame and significance have been conflated by the popular culture. Fame and significance have nothing to do with one another; and complexity and profundity have nothing to do with one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the surgery ward, the staff works in teams and no one could refuse his orders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36526]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the surgery ward, the staff works in teams and no one could refuse his orders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you give them a certificate at graduation, you can see in their eyes a genuine want to stay away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you give them a certificate at graduation, you can see in their eyes a genuine want to stay away from substance abuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61205]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I can raise no money by vile means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64573]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I can raise no money by vile means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15246]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make. -- Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10487]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65836]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35545]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a high explosive bomb but at this stage we are still investigating the type of bomb, whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29536]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a high explosive bomb but at this stage we are still investigating the type of bomb, whether it was homemade or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2459]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I steal a kiss from her sleeping shadow moves. 'Cause I'll always miss her wherever she goes. And I'll always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23846]]></link><description><![CDATA[I steal a kiss from her sleeping shadow moves. 'Cause I'll always miss her wherever she goes. And I'll always need her more than she could ever need me. I need someone to ease my mind, but sometimes a someone is so hard to find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64381]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. TheLos Angeles riots were caused by rioters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21548]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. TheLos Angeles riots were caused by rioters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21548</guid></item></channel></rss>