<?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[That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45315]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the greatest of all religions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is the greatest of all religions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35704]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is often the introduction to pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter worthlessness can be a source of courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, but the path with ultimately reveal itself. My job is to be a decent human being no matter how rocky the road gets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man. [Lat., Animi cultus quasi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man. [Lat., Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A breeze came wandering from the sky, Light as the whispers of a dream;  He put the o'erhanging grasses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61637]]></link><description><![CDATA[A breeze came wandering from the sky, Light as the whispers of a dream;  He put the o'erhanging grasses by,   And softly stooped to kiss the stream,    The pretty stream, the flattered stream,     The shy, yet unreluctant stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be so humble--you are not that great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be so humble--you are not that great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are moms who choose not to work outside the home, but they aren't polishing silver; they're playing with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34385]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are moms who choose not to work outside the home, but they aren't polishing silver; they're playing with their kids -- (or) home schooling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry, this is the short and the long of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry, this is the short and the long of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['If the world had no feeling, then there would be no suffering.. - the world would be such a better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62229]]></link><description><![CDATA['If the world had no feeling, then there would be no suffering.. - the world would be such a better place, but the price would be never feeling happiness. is that a too higher price to pay?'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said: 'Judge me as an accused person. What crimes did I commit?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29821]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said: 'Judge me as an accused person. What crimes did I commit?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never think of leaving perfumes or wine to your heir. Administer these yourself, and let him have your money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never think of leaving perfumes or wine to your heir. Administer these yourself, and let him have your money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one part or other we have conquered for our king.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The carrot being held out is, 'If you really help us.' It all depends on his level of cooperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38284]]></link><description><![CDATA[The carrot being held out is, 'If you really help us.' It all depends on his level of cooperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a jolly miller once, Lived on the River Dee;  He worked and sang, from morn to night; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9935]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a jolly miller once, Lived on the River Dee;  He worked and sang, from morn to night;   No lark so blithe as he.    And this the burden of his song,     Forever used to be,--      "I care for nobody, not I,       If no one cares for me."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32022]]></link><description><![CDATA[While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country music was filtered through an R&B sensibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and repulses. There can be nothing more terrible or wonderful than to be stricken with love for Christ so deeply that the whole being goes out in a pained adoration of His person, an adoration that disturbs and disconcerts while it purges and satisfies and relaxes the deep inner heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's wildly impractical to do so in any real sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32066]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's wildly impractical to do so in any real sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning in February 1976 your assistance benefits will be discontinued ... Reason: it has been reported to our office that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning in February 1976 your assistance benefits will be discontinued ... Reason: it has been reported to our office that you expired on January 1, 1976.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue ofResponsibility on the west coast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue ofResponsibility on the west coast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A camel is a horse designed by committee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18041]]></link><description><![CDATA[A camel is a horse designed by committee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189   Some there are who presume so far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189   Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves capable of measuring the whole nature of things by their intellect, in that they esteem all things true which they see, and false which they see not. Accordingly, in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption, and seek the truth humbly, it was necessary that certain things far surpassing his intellect should be proposed to man by God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55688]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This technique requires both sides of your brain -- analytical and creative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39266]]></link><description><![CDATA[This technique requires both sides of your brain -- analytical and creative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know the assets are there. Now it's just a matter of getting the product to the people, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31042]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know the assets are there. Now it's just a matter of getting the product to the people,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/248]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15900]]></link><description><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inaction may be the biggest form of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inaction may be the biggest form of action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13694]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13414]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the destination list of Washington, ... you'll have the MCI Center area, Georgetown and, now, boom, the South Capitol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29250]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the destination list of Washington, ... you'll have the MCI Center area, Georgetown and, now, boom, the South Capitol Street ballpark area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They allow schools to fit to kids instead of kids fitting to schools. Mandatory school assignment proves to have detrimental ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37529]]></link><description><![CDATA[They allow schools to fit to kids instead of kids fitting to schools. Mandatory school assignment proves to have detrimental consequences to students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This assassination will not undermine our efforts to impose law and public order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41286]]></link><description><![CDATA[This assassination will not undermine our efforts to impose law and public order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marimekko meets Machu Picchu. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marimekko meets Machu Picchu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65224]]></link><description><![CDATA[American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60030]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ayr, gurgling, kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening green;  The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ayr, gurgling, kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening green;  The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar   Twined amorous round the raptures scene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3128]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were very disappointed (by the loss). We've lost some wrestlers to attrition and injury, but we just didn't wrestle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38925]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were very disappointed (by the loss). We've lost some wrestlers to attrition and injury, but we just didn't wrestle particularly well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38925</guid></item></channel></rss>