<?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[Applause is a receipt, not a bill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause is a receipt, not a bill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45493]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18754]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a surprise to me, and not because I'm not proud of the work, ... But I've been out here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29121]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a surprise to me, and not because I'm not proud of the work, ... But I've been out here 61/2 years, so it feels foreign. But then again, if it helps bring attention to the film, I think it's a special little film and I want people to get to know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm at an age where I think more about food than I do about sex. Lastweek I put a mirror ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21588]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm at an age where I think more about food than I do about sex. Lastweek I put a mirror over my dining room table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the bottom line is every mayor wants to make their city safer, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33470]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the bottom line is every mayor wants to make their city safer,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is the science of destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38327]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is the science of destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went and took it to the label, and they loved it, so we put it on the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37310]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went and took it to the label, and they loved it, so we put it on the record.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, powerful bacillus, With wonder how you fill us,  Every day!   While medical detectives,    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, powerful bacillus, With wonder how you fill us,  Every day!   While medical detectives,    With powerful objectives,     Watch your play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petty laws breed great crimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Petty laws breed great crimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51368]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This deal may get people to start dusting off their files about newspaper values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34323]]></link><description><![CDATA[This deal may get people to start dusting off their files about newspaper values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sickness shows us what we are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sickness shows us what we are]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The limits and boundaries (of the party) should not be crossed. However, the unrest within the party will not affect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The limits and boundaries (of the party) should not be crossed. However, the unrest within the party will not affect the development of the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the market's figuring out is the Fed is coming toward an end of this movement, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37044]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the market's figuring out is the Fed is coming toward an end of this movement,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very obviously, they've pitched well - not making mistakes, living on the corners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very obviously, they've pitched well - not making mistakes, living on the corners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2255]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50921]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64332]]></link><description><![CDATA[A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65663]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there;  Temple, mountain, monument, spire;   Ships ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there;  Temple, mountain, monument, spire;   Ships rigged out with sails of fire,    And blown by the evening air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and . . . you must hate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13860]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and . . . you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11030]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an achievement of all Iraqis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34843]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an achievement of all Iraqis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus   For some years now I have read through the Bible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus   For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a hug that said you're not alone. It was a hug that, just when I thought all my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a hug that said you're not alone. It was a hug that, just when I thought all my strength was used up, and I couldn't go on, renewed me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/576]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. -PLOTINUS.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The administration's agenda just doesn't resonate in Illinois. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The administration's agenda just doesn't resonate in Illinois.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54104]]></link><description><![CDATA[In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57575]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57575</guid></item></channel></rss>