<?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[Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall  Him or his children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall  Him or his children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely near the fountain of Salsabil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only wealth is life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only wealth is life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.  [Ger., Ich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.  [Ger., Ich wunschte sehr, der Menge zu behagen,   Besonders weil sie lebt und leben lasst.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The level of commitment and degree of responsibility that people took changed dramatically. What it's about is that the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The level of commitment and degree of responsibility that people took changed dramatically. What it's about is that the people who actually create the wealth share the wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is great love, there are always wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is great love, there are always wishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59536]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die -- whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61141]]></link><description><![CDATA[When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a true genius appears in this world you may know him by the sign that the dunces are all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17347]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a true genius appears in this world you may know him by the sign that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25214]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard: Why can't we all be like that bird? -Edward H. Richards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27477]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arm of Erin, prove strong, but be gentle as brave, And, uplifted to strike, still be ready to save;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arm of Erin, prove strong, but be gentle as brave, And, uplifted to strike, still be ready to save;  Not one feeling of vengeance presume to defile   The cause or the men of the Emerald Isle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You knowwhy? While you're carrying a grudge, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You knowwhy? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of confusion in the marketplace. People are pretty fearful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39121]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of confusion in the marketplace. People are pretty fearful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40019]]></link><description><![CDATA[England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose your friends by their character and your socks by theircolor. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose your friends by their character and your socks by theircolor. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, andchoosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[At the Garden of Olives Monastery]  "Why are you all so quiet all the time?" I say, still whispering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7385]]></link><description><![CDATA[[At the Garden of Olives Monastery]  "Why are you all so quiet all the time?" I say, still whispering at him in this hoarse voice.  "We are teachers and workers," he says, "not talkers."  "Workers, O.K.," I say, "but how can a teacher be quiet all the time and teach anybody anything?"  "Christ was the best," he says, thinking of something. "He lived thirty-three years. Thirty years he kept quiet; three years he talked. Ten to one for keeping quiet.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recognize the duty of governments to combat crime, but this is a knee-jerk response -- it shows that China's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41753]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recognize the duty of governments to combat crime, but this is a knee-jerk response -- it shows that China's 'Strike Hard' crime campaign mentality is still prevalent, at least in some parts of the country. There is no evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than other punishments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19832]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10200]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger is the handmaid of genius ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger is the handmaid of genius]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a new experience for me. I've had a good preparation this season and I'm just trying to grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36702]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a new experience for me. I've had a good preparation this season and I'm just trying to grow in my game. I just have to keep playing the same way I have been this week and give 100 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, wouldst thou have me turn pelican, and feed thee out of my own vitals? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46006]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, wouldst thou have me turn pelican, and feed thee out of my own vitals?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My job is usually to help the team by playing defense and leading the club. But they were giving me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29181]]></link><description><![CDATA[My job is usually to help the team by playing defense and leading the club. But they were giving me shots, so I had to take them. We all have the green light if we're open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11115]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45597]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1782]]></link><description><![CDATA[If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecce quod expendi habui, quod donavi habeo, quod negavi punior, quod servavi perdidi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ecce quod expendi habui, quod donavi habeo, quod negavi punior, quod servavi perdidi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14474]]></link><description><![CDATA[In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is power if you know about the right person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If music and sweet poetry agree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43430]]></link><description><![CDATA[If music and sweet poetry agree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10882]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47087]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service without reward is punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Service without reward is punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The suspicion some people have about the president's motives in this attack is itself a powerful argument for impeachment, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33666]]></link><description><![CDATA[The suspicion some people have about the president's motives in this attack is itself a powerful argument for impeachment, ... After months of lies, the president has given millions of people around the world reason to doubt that he has sent Americans into battle for the right reasons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40223]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40223</guid></item></channel></rss>