<?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[Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. - Tremendous Trifles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In climes beyond the solar road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58290]]></link><description><![CDATA[In climes beyond the solar road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55578]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, Hugg'd and embraced by the strumpet wind! How like the prodigal doth she return, With over-weather'd ribs and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet wind! -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That it shall hold companionship in peace With honour, as in war. -Coriolanus. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56081]]></link><description><![CDATA[That it shall hold companionship in peace With honour, as in war. -Coriolanus. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62737]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most beautiful thing a man and a woman can have by making it cheap and common. It's what you don't see that's attractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a real grind and our kids did pretty well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a real grind and our kids did pretty well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storytelling, writing, and song writing are so connected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Storytelling, writing, and song writing are so connected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16558]]></link><description><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43683]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I will pretendthat I don't know of your sinsuntil you are ready to confessbut all the timeI'll know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34908]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I will pretendthat I don't know of your sinsuntil you are ready to confessbut all the timeI'll know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44155]]></link><description><![CDATA[People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The birds have ceased their songs, All save the blackbird, that from yon tall ash,  'Mid Pinkie's greenery, from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The birds have ceased their songs, All save the blackbird, that from yon tall ash,  'Mid Pinkie's greenery, from his mellow throat,   In adoration of the setting sun,    Chants forth his evening hymn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. •John ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54014]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. •John Muir   Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. •William Cowper   No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned. •Jean Paul   Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life. •S. W. Duffield  Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. •Plutarch   I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy! •Louise A. Bogan   A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. •Walter Winchell   One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him. •Chinese Proverb   How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward. •Proverb   The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a hearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All styles are good except the tiresome kind. [Fr., Tous les genres sont bons, hors le genre ennuyeux.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58103]]></link><description><![CDATA[All styles are good except the tiresome kind. [Fr., Tous les genres sont bons, hors le genre ennuyeux.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end must justify the means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end must justify the means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sprint has essentially under-performed in that space. It does not have nearly as much market share. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sprint has essentially under-performed in that space. It does not have nearly as much market share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's providence is on the side of clear heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51938]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's providence is on the side of clear heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every year near the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27920]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The alligator's popular. We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The alligator's popular. We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37959</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[Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to their fellow creatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48843]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to their fellow creatures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37574]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. We did that, and then on offense, our size took over. We got an eight-point lead and got into our half-court stuff and ran our offense through our big guys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43130]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48418]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64929]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You got nothing to lose, so you might as well just go out there and just keep working hard, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42593]]></link><description><![CDATA[You got nothing to lose, so you might as well just go out there and just keep working hard, ... Hopefully you just get recognized if you don't make Providence. Hopefully someone will see me and maybe give a spot sometime next year, or in the years to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure there's going to be resistance, but it's probably time we headed in that direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure there's going to be resistance, but it's probably time we headed in that direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities _ that's huge progress. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42521]]></link><description><![CDATA[For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities _ that's huge progress. We sit now right on the cusp of losing that if we're not careful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle, ... The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29388]]></link><description><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle, ... The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of rainy nights on the streets, so they got overcoats and wore them. They are young. Very refreshing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rule by patience, Laughing Water! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rule by patience, Laughing Water!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is suffering. One side always loves more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is suffering. One side always loves more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which costs little is less valued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21281]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which costs little is less valued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas Ultio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you give them a certificate at graduation, you can see in their eyes a genuine want to stay away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you give them a certificate at graduation, you can see in their eyes a genuine want to stay away from substance abuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very retro-looking. They used to have all types of paraphernalia on the walls but all that's changed, and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39600]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very retro-looking. They used to have all types of paraphernalia on the walls but all that's changed, and it gives the place a more updated look. It's very fresh looking and seems to be brighter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12352]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but what’s in it for all of us? And when you ask that simple question - what’s in it for all of us? - the direction not taken in America could not be more clear or compelling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater education than one that is self-driven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66234]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34123]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groping for trouts in a peculiar river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Groping for trouts in a peculiar river.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14708</guid></item></channel></rss>