<?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[The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64881]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's definitely a lot more pressure there [the Olympics], but I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42087]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's definitely a lot more pressure there [the Olympics], but I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a really good experience. I can remember looking back watching my first Olympics when I was like 10 years old, so it's cool to be a part of it now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you do succeed, try something harder ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59896]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you do succeed, try something harder]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63958]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56864]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commitment in the face of conflict produces character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commitment in the face of conflict produces character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, whenever I see thee, thirst, and holding the cup, apply it to my lips more for thy sake than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, whenever I see thee, thirst, and holding the cup, apply it to my lips more for thy sake than for drinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39713]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, definitely want to put your best foot forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white,  So full of gladness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58268]]></link><description><![CDATA[O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white,  So full of gladness and so full of pain!   Forever and forever shalt thou be    To some the gravestone of a dead delight,     To some the landmark of a new domain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51887]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know I had to have myself checked regularly because I want to be healthy -- the older you get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40073]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know I had to have myself checked regularly because I want to be healthy -- the older you get the less you know what is inside your body. You have to be checked to make sure nothing is going wrong ... There is nothing to be afraid of. It's something that, if you catch it early enough, you can avoid more complicated problems in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63626]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but for mine own part, if was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25133]]></link><description><![CDATA[But those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but for mine own part, if was Greek to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only last night he felt deadly sick, and, after a great deal of pain, two black crows flew out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only last night he felt deadly sick, and, after a great deal of pain, two black crows flew out of his mouth and took wing from the room.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43255]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[United we stand; divided we fall ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60120]]></link><description><![CDATA[United we stand; divided we fall]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not Reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's actually going to be the hassle of your life and the hassle of your family's life and you may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33678]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's actually going to be the hassle of your life and the hassle of your family's life and you may never get out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part,  I ask not proud Philosophy   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part,  I ask not proud Philosophy   To teach me what thou art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4015]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't think it was a mistake to open early for Katrina victims, and if we have to close for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41494]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't think it was a mistake to open early for Katrina victims, and if we have to close for a month to regroup, I'll be glad to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. •Muhammad Ali  Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay awhile, make footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same. •Unknown  Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold. •Anonymous   My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still. •Anonymous   Give me one friend, just one, who meets the needs of all my varying moods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon me Hal, God forgive thee for it. Before I knew thee Hal, I knew nothing, and now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It moved me enormously. I kept thinking about the terrible things that man was able to do to other men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41430]]></link><description><![CDATA[It moved me enormously. I kept thinking about the terrible things that man was able to do to other men - and keeps on doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18350]]></link><description><![CDATA[While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor; and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural gas prices will be bad as well, we shouldn't expect prices to go back down significantly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural gas prices will be bad as well, we shouldn't expect prices to go back down significantly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish and visitors stink after three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish and visitors stink after three days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47995]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why care for grammar as long as we are good? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why care for grammar as long as we are good?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore,  There is society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46694]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore,  There is society where none intrudes   By the deep Sea, and music in its roar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24887]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10952]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, come down. That stars that in September/Looked through the mournful rain/Now set their sight again/Upon a world half night, half light Men of distant years have said/That much depends on change of seasons/On solstices and equinox/And they have given reasons. I disagree./Too much turns on inadvertence/On what seems to be/An accident of hand and knee/A chance sunrise/A glance of eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prettiness dies first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prettiness dies first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25191]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25191</guid></item></channel></rss>