<?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[Alas, poor Tom! how oft, with merry heart, Have we beheld thee play the Sexton's part;  Each comic heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas, poor Tom! how oft, with merry heart, Have we beheld thee play the Sexton's part;  Each comic heart must now be grieved to see   The Sexton's dreary part performed on thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one wants to start with the proposition that it's obviously in their (Conservatives') advantage to have the election in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30780]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one wants to start with the proposition that it's obviously in their (Conservatives') advantage to have the election in January-February, no, the data doesn't support that,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18478]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11722]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21469]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will is character in action ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will is character in action]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've been talking about doing that for 10 years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37894]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've been talking about doing that for 10 years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37894</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[We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44086]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5548]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Typical Devils-type game. They wait for you to make a mistake. They've been playing that way for a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Typical Devils-type game. They wait for you to make a mistake. They've been playing that way for a long time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,   Their giant branches toss'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could see how this could deal a major crushing blow to the building industry and to the green industry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35014]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could see how this could deal a major crushing blow to the building industry and to the green industry in particular.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35331]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are solutions to those problems. We have smart growth here already. There will be benefits to having foot traffic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34560]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are solutions to those problems. We have smart growth here already. There will be benefits to having foot traffic for merchants on Main Street, increased tax revenue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55917]]></link><description><![CDATA[An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22261]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46433]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60112]]></link><description><![CDATA[America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9264]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As merry as the day is long. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55422]]></link><description><![CDATA[As merry as the day is long. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The release was an American-Iraqi decision and in line with an Iraqi government ruling made in December 2004, but hasn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The release was an American-Iraqi decision and in line with an Iraqi government ruling made in December 2004, but hasn't been enforced until after the elections in an attempt to ease the political pressure in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chance of it turning north to Louisiana is getting slimmer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28506]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chance of it turning north to Louisiana is getting slimmer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51194]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan,  Earth stood hard as iron,   Water like a stone; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61725]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan,  Earth stood hard as iron,   Water like a stone;    Snow had fallen, snow on snow,     Snow on snow,      In the bleak midwinter,       Long ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We send our thoughts and prayers to the family. We ask people for their own safety to stay away from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38194]]></link><description><![CDATA[We send our thoughts and prayers to the family. We ask people for their own safety to stay away from railroad tracks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a hard loss, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30617]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a hard loss,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15072]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will is that which has all power; it makes heaven and it makes hell: for there is no hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will is that which has all power; it makes heaven and it makes hell: for there is no hell but where the will of the creature is turned from God, nor any heaven but where the will of the creature worketh with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is the best precept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is the best precept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This story will never go down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57916]]></link><description><![CDATA[This story will never go down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53383]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which ... is within the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45909]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which ... is within the souls of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on prayer:  Wherever... thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on prayer:  Wherever... thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7704</guid></item></channel></rss>