<?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[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea thatpossesses the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22671]]></link><description><![CDATA[A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea thatpossesses the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following him. Finally, someone told him, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following him. Finally, someone told him, 'Psst. That's the Secret Service.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianismare political systems. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianismare political systems. There are democratic communistsand totalitarian capitalists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53391]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The butcher in his killing clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The butcher in his killing clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought Melissa pitched well enough to keep us in the game. I was disappointed in how discouraged our girls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39830]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought Melissa pitched well enough to keep us in the game. I was disappointed in how discouraged our girls became when the Hawks' victory seemed imminent. The game became too emotional for our side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really put us on ... the mass consumer map, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39853]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really put us on ... the mass consumer map,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox,  Who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox,  Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished and locked up,   Will have a wild trick of his ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[He announced last week that he is leaving in three weeks to take a private-sector job in New York for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29245]]></link><description><![CDATA[[He announced last week that he is leaving in three weeks to take a private-sector job in New York for an employer whose identity he said he cannot yet reveal.] I've always been a dedicated public servant, ... This was something different for me. It wasn't just a question of money. It was a number of things I couldn't refuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43897]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we truly cared about our children and future generations, instead of demagoging about them, we'd worry more about saving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47489]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we truly cared about our children and future generations, instead of demagoging about them, we'd worry more about saving liberty than saving Social Security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I probably use it seven days a week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37161]]></link><description><![CDATA[I probably use it seven days a week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator; and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in reference to the proposed result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27069]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his funny bone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's not a big inflation problem. Under those circumstances, you get a benign yield-curve inversion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40742]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's not a big inflation problem. Under those circumstances, you get a benign yield-curve inversion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60677]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46208]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee." Keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee." Keep still, and He will mould thee to the right shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed  That knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed  That knows his rider.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796   The fall was simply this, that some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796   The fall was simply this, that some creature -- that is, something which is not God -- took His place with man; and man, trusting the creature more than God, walked in its light -- or darkness -- rather than in fellowship with God. Righteousness comes back when man by faith is brought to walk with God again, and to give Him His true place by acting or being acted upon in all things according to His will. Anything, therefore, not of faith is sin. And all such sin is bondage. Self-will is bondage, for self-will or independence of God means dependence on a creature; and we cannot be dependent on a creature, be it what it may, without (more or less) becoming subject to it. What has not been given up for money, or for some creature's love? But who has ever thus served the creature more than the Creator without waking at last to feel he is a bondman? I say nothing of the worse bondage which comes from our self-will, in the indulgence of our own thoughts, or passions, or affections. Even the very energies of faith, while, as yet unchastened, it acts from self, ... may only bring forth more bondage... Who but God can set men free? And He sets them free as they walk with Him. All independence of Him is darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a good bargaine thinke twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49681]]></link><description><![CDATA[On a good bargaine thinke twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2700]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is first in time has the prior right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50551]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is first in time has the prior right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34757]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48516]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52861]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60609]]></link><description><![CDATA[In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good words are worth much, and cost little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good words are worth much, and cost little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kings are like stars--they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kings are like stars--they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dutch are a great team, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dutch are a great team,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61287]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15807]]></link><description><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15807</guid></item></channel></rss>