<?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[Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, [sabi] is like this old figure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons that you cannot see with the naked eye unless ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His right and left brain are talking to each other more these days. The one is an atheist Marxist and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9066]]></link><description><![CDATA[His right and left brain are talking to each other more these days. The one is an atheist Marxist and the other isa Christian socialist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18226]]></link><description><![CDATA[He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is wiser than the wisest critic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52475]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is wiser than the wisest critic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66354]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15154]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only so many people who will watch, or take up the game. Even if he won 10 Masters, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38619]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only so many people who will watch, or take up the game. Even if he won 10 Masters, you're not going to see a 30 percent increase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. [Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. [Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trick is growing up without growing old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1738]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trick is growing up without growing old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41514]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have insurance. Their homes are completely gone and they probably won't be able to rebuild and regain their livelihoods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! that within its heart  Doth keep "a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! that within its heart  Doth keep "a drop serene" for human need,   A drowsy balm for every bitter smart.    For happy hours the Rose will idly blow--     The Poppy hath a charm for pain and woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible"!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible"!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18635]]></link><description><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56318]]></link><description><![CDATA[An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rolling stone gathers no moss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51650]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rolling stone gathers no moss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9688]]></link><description><![CDATA[True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syria is trying to strengthen its hegemony in Lebanon by controlling more and more institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Syria is trying to strengthen its hegemony in Lebanon by controlling more and more institutions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is worst of all is to advocate Christianity, not because it is true, but because it might prove useful... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8416]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is worst of all is to advocate Christianity, not because it is true, but because it might prove useful... To justify Christianity because it provides a foundation of morality, instead of showing the necessity of Christian morality from the truth of Christianity, is a very dangerous inversion; and we may reflect that a good deal of the attention of totalitarian states has been devoted with a steadfastness of purpose not always found in democracies, to providing their national life with a foundation of morality -- the wrong kind, perhaps, but a good deal more of it. It is not enthusiasm, but dogma, that differentiates a Christian from a pagan society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of our guys can make those scrappy plays. We've come to expect the defensive effort because those guys just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35475]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of our guys can make those scrappy plays. We've come to expect the defensive effort because those guys just scrap. If you just watch the game you can gloss over Trey's hustling plays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59289]]></link><description><![CDATA[To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is doubtful if the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power- power to oppress others. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47619]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is doubtful if the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power- power to oppress others. The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors; they want to retaliate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comparisons are odorous. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comparisons are odorous. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation... Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can do it for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can do it for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Gruden really likes to prepare for what's going on now this season and I can understand that. Right now, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach Gruden really likes to prepare for what's going on now this season and I can understand that. Right now, I'm just trying to do my best by watching and absorbing what's going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I;  And fast I gather, bit by bit.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I;  And fast I gather, bit by bit.   The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry,    The wild waves reach their hands for it.     The wild wind raves, the tide runs high,      As up and down the beach we flit,       One little sand-piper and I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's more of a secret plan. You'll know it when you see it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's more of a secret plan. You'll know it when you see it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27142]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculation has picked up in Western Canada, while housing markets in Central Canada appear to be coming in for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speculation has picked up in Western Canada, while housing markets in Central Canada appear to be coming in for a soft landing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20121]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is not in things; it is in us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is not in things; it is in us]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36317]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.  [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.  [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,   Das ist der rechte Mann.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were together almost every day this summer. Between weightlifting and practices and the camps, we all really got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39785]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were together almost every day this summer. Between weightlifting and practices and the camps, we all really got to know each other and become good friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I get on that field, I am faster than any defensive back there. I really am _ I get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37401]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I get on that field, I am faster than any defensive back there. I really am _ I get open and I get separation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair  It has mantled a world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The male stereotype makes masculinity not just a fact of biology but something that must be proved and re-proved, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The male stereotype makes masculinity not just a fact of biology but something that must be proved and re-proved, a continual quest for an ever-receding Holy Grail]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne  My part of evil only. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60882]]></link><description><![CDATA[O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne  My part of evil only.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60882</guid></item></channel></rss>