<?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[When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5700]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50763]]></link><description><![CDATA[That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done.  [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22825]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done.  [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres.   Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sence I've ben here, I've hired a chap to look about for me, To git me a transplantable an' thrifty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sence I've ben here, I've hired a chap to look about for me, To git me a transplantable an' thrifty fem'ly-tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17676]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, his is a base and ignoble creature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes you go beyond the norm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10369]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Dune, "Litany Against Fear", 1965.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence,  So sweet is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9925]]></link><description><![CDATA[When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence,  So sweet is zealous contemplation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price action was incredible. A move like that leads me to believe that something is circulating. Something is known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38805]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price action was incredible. A move like that leads me to believe that something is circulating. Something is known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3258]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. -H.L. Mencken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psychoanalysis is the mental illness it purports to cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Psychoanalysis is the mental illness it purports to cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That sounds great to me. I want that. I want to show what I can do and showcase my talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29725]]></link><description><![CDATA[That sounds great to me. I want that. I want to show what I can do and showcase my talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billy Idol called -- he wants his look back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Billy Idol called -- he wants his look back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I brought them here to make a good life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I brought them here to make a good life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By studying the masters and not their pupils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24518]]></link><description><![CDATA[By studying the masters and not their pupils.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46413]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye holy angels bright, Who wait at God's right hand, Or through the realms of light Fly at your Lord's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye holy angels bright, Who wait at God's right hand, Or through the realms of light Fly at your Lord's command,  Assist our song;  For else the theme  Too high doth seem  For mortal tongue.  Ye blessed souls at rest, Who ran this earthly race, And now, from sin released, Behold the Saviour's face,  God's praises sound,  As in his sight,  With sweet delight,  Ye do abound.  Ye saints, who toil below, Adore your heavenly King. And onward as ye go Some joyful anthem sing;  Take what he gives  And praise him still,  Through good or ill,  Who ever lives!  My soul, bear thou thy part, Triumph in God above: And with a well-tuned heart Sing thou the songs of love!  Let all thy days  Till life shall end,  Whate'er he send,  Be filled with praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their own minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the learned and authentic fellows. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55723]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the learned and authentic fellows. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56947]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53429]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lilies white, prepared to touch The whitest thought, nor soil it much,  Of dreamer turned to lover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25080]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lilies white, prepared to touch The whitest thought, nor soil it much,  Of dreamer turned to lover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market's saunter into 2006 continues, with just a few remaining events before the champagne and confetti. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market's saunter into 2006 continues, with just a few remaining events before the champagne and confetti.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others' follies teach us not, Nor much their wisdom teaches;  And most of sterling worth is what   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others' follies teach us not, Nor much their wisdom teaches;  And most of sterling worth is what   Our own experience preaches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54072]]></link><description><![CDATA[When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd never stare long enough to get if she'd ever just return your gaze, this, this is your revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss may ruin a human life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23858]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss may ruin a human life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--  Days of absence, I am weary;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--  Days of absence, I am weary;   She I love is far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/156</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[Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17572]]></link><description><![CDATA[For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. [Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. [Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/850]]></link><description><![CDATA[This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to be here because it was a brand new theater and it gave us an opportunity to really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36401]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to be here because it was a brand new theater and it gave us an opportunity to really shine,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose noble praise Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose noble praise Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2310</guid></item></channel></rss>