<?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[I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61433]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted closure. And for him to thank me for being so loyal to him over the years. Instead he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40513]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted closure. And for him to thank me for being so loyal to him over the years. Instead he stood up and asked me if I wanted to see his penis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe what we do here is help you develop that sense of what is right and what is wrong. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe what we do here is help you develop that sense of what is right and what is wrong. We don't want to dictate morality to people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky,  The dew shall weep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky,  The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;   For thou must die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53194]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/71]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/71</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatched in the same nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatched in the same nest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are material changes of the contract. We've won (that issue) twice already. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37237]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are material changes of the contract. We've won (that issue) twice already.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not in the power of the devil to do so much harm, as God can do good; nay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8158]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not in the power of the devil to do so much harm, as God can do good; nay, we may be bold to say, it is not in the will, not in the desire of the devil to do so much harm, as God would do good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think housework is the reason most women go to the office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. TheLos Angeles riots were caused by rioters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21548]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. TheLos Angeles riots were caused by rioters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party is on the move across the country. Voters are responding to our message of progress and fiscal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party is on the move across the country. Voters are responding to our message of progress and fiscal responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This program is meant to keep the joints moving and gain some mobility that is lost through arthritis, ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28986]]></link><description><![CDATA[This program is meant to keep the joints moving and gain some mobility that is lost through arthritis, ... We work from head to toe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25918]]></link><description><![CDATA[For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4269]]></link><description><![CDATA[About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of posterity is to look after itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of posterity is to look after itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's the smartest basketball player I've certainly seen. He's multi-dimensional. There's not one, two or three, but four things he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31312]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's the smartest basketball player I've certainly seen. He's multi-dimensional. There's not one, two or three, but four things he does really well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31312</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[Continuing a short series on the Bible:  Never was a book so full of incredible sayings -- everywhere the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on the Bible:  Never was a book so full of incredible sayings -- everywhere the sense of mystery dominates; unless you feel that mystery, all becomes prosaic -- nothing about God is prosaic.   ... The Notebooks of Florence Allshorn  August 26, 2000 Continuing a short series on the Bible:   Have you noticed this? Whatever need or trouble you are in, there is always something to help you in your Bible, if only you go on reading till you come to the word God specially has for you. I have noticed this often. Sometimes the special word is in the portion you would naturally read, or in the Psalm for the day, ... but you must go on till you find it, for it is always somewhere. You will know it the moment you come to it, for it will rest your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I kiss you, it tastes like heaven... so sweet, loving, kind, and caring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23848]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I kiss you, it tastes like heaven... so sweet, loving, kind, and caring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18950]]></link><description><![CDATA[To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, 'Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut, I've got the documentation right here... It's in my file at home. ...Under "D".']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy -- a Jill a rich widow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61561]]></link><description><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy -- a Jill a rich widow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. [Fr., Apres l'esprit de ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. [Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue to search for more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played well against Chelsea, but it's about points now. We need to beat West Brom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39341]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played well against Chelsea, but it's about points now. We need to beat West Brom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the hills and o'er the main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,  Queen Anne commands and we'll obey,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the hills and o'er the main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,  Queen Anne commands and we'll obey,   Over the hills and far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53238]]></link><description><![CDATA[All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if they say it's safe, I don't know if I want to stay here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if they say it's safe, I don't know if I want to stay here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the winners decide what were war crimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the winners decide what were war crimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're trying to recreate habitat, you do it in hopes the amphibians can use it, and you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33807]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're trying to recreate habitat, you do it in hopes the amphibians can use it, and you have to manage it in hopes you keep the bullfrog from being successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've got very, very little time to get out. Most coal miners, they just take and fall down on their face right there because they're gonna end up that way anyhow, and then you're gonna have to go find your hat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20847]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was so fair that they called him the lady of Christ's College. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38829]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was so fair that they called him the lady of Christ's College.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies?  Heav'n still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies?  Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys,   And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I praise loudly, I blame softly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I praise loudly, I blame softly]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33886</guid></item></channel></rss>