<?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[It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9003]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15305]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14299]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard. [Fr., Rien ne pese tant qu'un secret:  Le porter loin est difficile aux dames;   Et je sais meme sur ce fait    Bon nombre d'hommes que sont femmes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with Lucullus? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13247]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with Lucullus?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something like, "Hey, when are you going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11708]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something like, "Hey, when are you going to pay me that $100 you owe me?" or "Do you have that $50 you borrowed?" Man, quit being so cheap!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mellifluous Shakespeare, whose enchanting Quill Commandeth Mirth or Passion, was but Will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mellifluous Shakespeare, whose enchanting Quill Commandeth Mirth or Passion, was but Will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48045]]></link><description><![CDATA[God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,  A gauntlet with a gift in 't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And after the earthquake was a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60908]]></link><description><![CDATA[And after the earthquake was a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62661</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[Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pontius Pilate was the first great censor, and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pontius Pilate was the first great censor, and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He tells old wives' tales much to the point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50247]]></link><description><![CDATA[He tells old wives' tales much to the point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41122]]></link><description><![CDATA[People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy hada life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up to is great. I hope to be in their seats in future years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, it will be much faster than it is now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, it will be much faster than it is now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water pressure is very high on these earth-made dams and there are more in danger of collapse as the floods ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water pressure is very high on these earth-made dams and there are more in danger of collapse as the floods last a long time and the levels are decreasing very slowly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60293]]></link><description><![CDATA[On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. Of this he wrote to James Madison: As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few people I think fully comprehend the seriousness of the problem that the South and Southeast could be facing in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few people I think fully comprehend the seriousness of the problem that the South and Southeast could be facing in the next several weeks - it's an experience that few Americans have ever experienced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15049]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy houses from people in almost any area, any condition, or price range. I specialize in finding creative solutions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38566]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy houses from people in almost any area, any condition, or price range. I specialize in finding creative solutions to real estate problems that others won't touch. I handle all of the paperwork, make all the arrangements, and close within a few days if necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they hadn't gotten that goal, I think we would have dominated the game, but that goal deflated us. Once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35626]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they hadn't gotten that goal, I think we would have dominated the game, but that goal deflated us. Once we got into our game, we played really well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12376]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12227]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11669]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sacrifice short of individual liberty, individual self-respect, and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54611]]></link><description><![CDATA[No sacrifice short of individual liberty, individual self-respect, and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62261]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48593]]></link><description><![CDATA[All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in having bands for solo records. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43529]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in having bands for solo records.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1469]]></link><description><![CDATA[When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon our souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the quality of our inner lives I do not mean something characterized by ferocious intensity and strain. I mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8388]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the quality of our inner lives I do not mean something characterized by ferocious intensity and strain. I mean rather such a humble and genial devotedness as we find in the most loving of the saints. I mean the quality which makes contagious Christians, makes people catch the love of God from you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8388</guid></item></channel></rss>