<?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[Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That possession was the strongest tenure of the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47754]]></link><description><![CDATA[That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13774]]></link><description><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debters are lyers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debters are lyers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole world will praise him and all Indians will be forever indebted to him if he does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole world will praise him and all Indians will be forever indebted to him if he does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11269]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61823]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is liberty in tranquillity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is liberty in tranquillity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion, That if by chance it be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15540]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 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/15540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was promulgation of false propaganda bythe administration about the existence of weapons ofmass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59838]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was promulgation of false propaganda bythe administration about the existence of weapons ofmass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation of falsepropaganda about Iraq as a base for Al Qaeda.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That what will come, and must come, shall come well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17076]]></link><description><![CDATA[That what will come, and must come, shall come well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60673]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This deal with Iran is probably the most apparent thing driving prices up. But you don't know what is happening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41242]]></link><description><![CDATA[This deal with Iran is probably the most apparent thing driving prices up. But you don't know what is happening behind the scenes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19646]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54748]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,   While virtuous actions are but borne to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it count because you can never bring back the hands of time.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make it count because you can never bring back the hands of time..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always prefer to believe the best of everybody--it saves so much trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always prefer to believe the best of everybody--it saves so much trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just glad this is over. That's the biggest thing right now. We know what the punishment is and we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40453]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just glad this is over. That's the biggest thing right now. We know what the punishment is and we're ready to move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57094]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same. - The Deer Park.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26119]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel in every smile a chain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel in every smile a chain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46208]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always coming out, checking scores, sneaking out of the kitchen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35922]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always coming out, checking scores, sneaking out of the kitchen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63129]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These earthly godfathers of heaven's light, That give a name to every fixed star,  Have no more profit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3403]]></link><description><![CDATA[These earthly godfathers of heaven's light, That give a name to every fixed star,  Have no more profit of their shining nights   Than those that walk and wot not what they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66265]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think you I bear the shears of destiny? Have I commandment on the pulse of life? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think you I bear the shears of destiny? Have I commandment on the pulse of life?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26503]]></link><description><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c 200 AD -Seneca.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your ignorance cramps my conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your ignorance cramps my conversation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47353]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relying on our nation and armed forces, we will make the aggressor regret its actions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relying on our nation and armed forces, we will make the aggressor regret its actions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45655]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18636]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs? [Lat., Quid enim est melius quam memoria recte factorum, et libertate contentum negligere humana?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54753]]></link><description><![CDATA[How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46034]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn duty, in the performance of acts which all self-respecting individuals refrain from as a matter of common decency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47501</guid></item></channel></rss>