<?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[We read to know we are not alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52990]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read to know we are not alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose. - What Is Literature? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose. - What Is Literature?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame  A ladder, if we will but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame  A ladder, if we will but tread   Beneath our feet each deed of shame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has been very outspoken about her desire to be a young bride... so the idea of her learning what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31585]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has been very outspoken about her desire to be a young bride... so the idea of her learning what it's like to be married works either way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that Muslims around the world must follow the example of Prophet Muhammad, who was compassionate and man of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that Muslims around the world must follow the example of Prophet Muhammad, who was compassionate and man of mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63460]]></link><description><![CDATA[As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26764]]></link><description><![CDATA[All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1879]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is happening, but it\'s not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is happening, but it\'s not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that are under way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49517]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is the thought of thinking Souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force, and the man who does not make a religion of his business has a business life of no character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10196]]></link><description><![CDATA[So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had hoped that Republicans would respond to the challenge. Instead what we've got is more than $2 million in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had hoped that Republicans would respond to the challenge. Instead what we've got is more than $2 million in these secret stealth campaigns that are attacking Democrats and attacking the vice president right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.\r\n ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66800]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.\r\n]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46929]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46929</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[We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30796]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gas was pouring out of the truck like a roof drain in a storm, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gas was pouring out of the truck like a roof drain in a storm,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our speculation of gas and oil prices made the prices go up before the hurricane hit. Students perceive there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our speculation of gas and oil prices made the prices go up before the hurricane hit. Students perceive there is more drinking going on than there really is, which increases bad behavior. Unfortunately, speculation can create a reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't generally go to a club because I want to go 'clubbin', ... but in England, all pubs close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't generally go to a club because I want to go 'clubbin', ... but in England, all pubs close at 11:00 p.m., so I go to clubs because I want to drink later in the evening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The image of NSA has been muddied considerably by this revelation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The image of NSA has been muddied considerably by this revelation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53439]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15107]]></link><description><![CDATA[All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power. [It., La vostra nominanza e color d'erba,  Che viene e va; e quei la discolora   Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree,  And a bird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58515]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree,  And a bird in the solitude singing,   Which speaks to my spirit of thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never for us so hearty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  It is of no use to say that Christ, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  It is of no use to say that Christ, as exhibited in the Gospels, is not historical, and that we know not how much of what is admirable has been super-added by the tradition of his followers. Who among his disciples or among their proselytes was capable of inventing the sayings of Jesus or of imagining the life and character revealed in the Gospels? Certainly not the fishermen of Galilee; as certainly not St. Paul, whose character and idiosyncrasies were of a totally different sort; still less the early Christian writers, in whom nothing is more evident than that the good which was in them was all derived, as they always professed that it was derived, from the higher source.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,  Wears yet a precious jewel in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,  Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In teaching the medical student the primary requisite is to keep him awake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27606]]></link><description><![CDATA[In teaching the medical student the primary requisite is to keep him awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great refusal. [It., Il gran rifiuto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great refusal. [It., Il gran rifiuto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65521]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You start out massively over-eating because portions are larger, and things get activated in the brain and liver that fuel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41067]]></link><description><![CDATA[You start out massively over-eating because portions are larger, and things get activated in the brain and liver that fuel the upward movement in body weight,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4660]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64861]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64302]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We communicate with each other as much as possible. It's something you've got to do with your left back and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29679]]></link><description><![CDATA[We communicate with each other as much as possible. It's something you've got to do with your left back and your right back. We did a lot of that stuff today and it worked well for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence  Wielded at will that fierce democratie,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence  Wielded at will that fierce democratie,   Shook the Arsenal, and fulmined over Greece,    To Macedon, and Artaxerxes' throne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all my years of coaching, I've never seen a team pass like this. They don't care who scores. Really. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35021]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all my years of coaching, I've never seen a team pass like this. They don't care who scores. Really. Everyone makes the extra pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35021</guid></item></channel></rss>