<?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[The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4320]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5647]]></link><description><![CDATA[What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet in that bulb, those sapless scales, The lily wraps her silver vest,  Till vernal suns and vernal gales ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet in that bulb, those sapless scales, The lily wraps her silver vest,  Till vernal suns and vernal gales   Shall kiss once more her fragrant breast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or "literary" diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or "literary" diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1793]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44097]]></link><description><![CDATA[I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may envy every one, but no one envies you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50638]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may envy every one, but no one envies you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the parade, we didn't have any foot traffic. But after the parade, our entire store was filled with people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34676]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the parade, we didn't have any foot traffic. But after the parade, our entire store was filled with people that didn't even know we were here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and maybe everyone is just happy to get off the ice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don't like tough, abrasive guys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9323]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47199]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the contrary it is the very means of preventing revolution and civil wars. It provides a method for the peaceful adjustment of government to the will of the majority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warwick, peace, Proud setter up and puller down of kings! -King Henry VI. Part III. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warwick, peace, Proud setter up and puller down of kings! -King Henry VI. Part III. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14605]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big thieves hang the little ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big thieves hang the little ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18442]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48135]]></link><description><![CDATA[He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40637]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Court, every one for himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49140]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Court, every one for himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God overridesat times thescreenplay ofHer starscript. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5555]]></link><description><![CDATA[God overridesat times thescreenplay ofHer starscript.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17857]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shad-bush, white with flowers, Brightened the glens; the new leaved butternut  And quivering poplar to the roving breeze ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shad-bush, white with flowers, Brightened the glens; the new leaved butternut  And quivering poplar to the roving breeze   Gave a balsamic fragrance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just where the Treasury's marble front Looks over Wall Street's mingled nations,--  Where Jews and Gentiles most are wont ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just where the Treasury's marble front Looks over Wall Street's mingled nations,--  Where Jews and Gentiles most are wont   To throng for trade and last quotations;    Where, hour, by hour, the rates of gold     Outrival, in the ears of people,      The quarter-chimes, serenely tolled       From Trinity's undaunted steeple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By saying I'd been up on the roof, I hoped to prove that I had intimate knowledge of how and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39024]]></link><description><![CDATA[By saying I'd been up on the roof, I hoped to prove that I had intimate knowledge of how and why he'd died. It was my ego asserting itself: I was there, we were good friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let it alone. Let it pass by. [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let it alone. Let it pass by. [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biography is one of the new terrors of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Biography is one of the new terrors of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever longs for paradise forgets his desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever longs for paradise forgets his desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13764]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear waste is a heavy burden to lay on our children and their children and their children's children and their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nuclear waste is a heavy burden to lay on our children and their children and their children's children and their children's children's children and their children's children's children's children...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12029]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church isn’t where you meet. Church isn’t a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Church isn’t where you meet. Church isn’t a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send;  He gave to misery ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send;  He gave to misery (all he had) a tear,   He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[..the Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47417]]></link><description><![CDATA[..the Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a little frustrating, but we're a whole team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30517]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a little frustrating, but we're a whole team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember she had these long, lovely nails with red varnish, in the middle of this shitty place we were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39529]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember she had these long, lovely nails with red varnish, in the middle of this shitty place we were in!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10724]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don\'t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66768]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don\'t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66768</guid></item></channel></rss>