<?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[There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48375]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3217]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a canvas - a piece of film - or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something - that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54421]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A car crash harnesses elements of eroticism, aggression, desire, speed, drama, kinesthetic factors, the stylizing of motion, consumer goods, status ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27867]]></link><description><![CDATA[A car crash harnesses elements of eroticism, aggression, desire, speed, drama, kinesthetic factors, the stylizing of motion, consumer goods, status -- all these in one event. I myself see the car crash as a tremendous sexual event really: a liberation of human and machine libido (if there is such a thing).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care that all your offerings be free, and of your own, that has cost you something; so that ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care that all your offerings be free, and of your own, that has cost you something; so that ye may not offer of that which is another man's, or that which ye are entrusted withal, and not your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14578]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be nice to win this time. It's hard to say what the competition is going to be like. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42679]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be nice to win this time. It's hard to say what the competition is going to be like. I've still got a couple of weeks to work hard and prepare. I think I can do a little better than I did today. We'll see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40732]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defence, not defiance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defence, not defiance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So use your own property as not to injure that of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48909]]></link><description><![CDATA[So use your own property as not to injure that of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is not in the warres is not out of danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49367]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to be in love than to watch it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to be in love than to watch it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line on this job is easy, ... If I do it right this Sunday, they'll let me come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line on this job is easy, ... If I do it right this Sunday, they'll let me come back and do it again next Sunday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We showed a lot of mental toughness. This says a lot about the possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32796]]></link><description><![CDATA[We showed a lot of mental toughness. This says a lot about the possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of wo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of wo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38478]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more concerned about students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can a heart suffer your deepest thoughts and yet only speak the unmoving, inconsequential utterances of abject silence? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29447]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can a heart suffer your deepest thoughts and yet only speak the unmoving, inconsequential utterances of abject silence?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   Are but gigantic flights of stairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44619]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth,  Is the tender fear of wrong,   That never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth,  Is the tender fear of wrong,   That never wrongeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adequate information about the existing environment and about the types of place that it is desirable to make cannot be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adequate information about the existing environment and about the types of place that it is desirable to make cannot be kept inside one brain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13722]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44424]]></link><description><![CDATA[A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is insufficient temptation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is insufficient temptation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2093]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Armies are not only for offensives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Armies are not only for offensives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19760]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a matter of giving away secrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28684]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My twin and Iwere wombmatesand then roommates.Some day our bodieswill be tombmates.(as their souls will be togetherwith those of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15643]]></link><description><![CDATA[My twin and Iwere wombmatesand then roommates.Some day our bodieswill be tombmates.(as their souls will be togetherwith those of their husbands in paradise).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44164]]></link><description><![CDATA[To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need certainly to take all the steps we can take to make sure the elections will not be derailed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37522]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need certainly to take all the steps we can take to make sure the elections will not be derailed by the violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44354]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex clause]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is hard. After all it kills you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is hard. After all it kills you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived…. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53367]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived….]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1455]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1455</guid></item></channel></rss>