<?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[All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24994]]></link><description><![CDATA[All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May I govern my passions with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45612]]></link><description><![CDATA[May I govern my passions with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A miniature like this would have been a love token. The braid of hair has a great deal of intimacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A miniature like this would have been a love token. The braid of hair has a great deal of intimacy and personal significance for whomever would have owned this miniature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn't go out for a pizza. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1683]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn't go out for a pizza.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forbidden things have a secret charm ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forbidden things have a secret charm]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23729]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to provide this support regularly, because at this stage there are still about 200,000 people who are refugees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to provide this support regularly, because at this stage there are still about 200,000 people who are refugees or displaced people in their home country. It is a huge proportion of the population that depends largely on international aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. [Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51675]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. [Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16832]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52764]]></link><description><![CDATA[To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am alwaystempted to ask, "Compared to what?". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22350]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am alwaystempted to ask, "Compared to what?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On reforms, the decision has been taken and broad outlines drawn but they now need to be activated ... the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36205]]></link><description><![CDATA[On reforms, the decision has been taken and broad outlines drawn but they now need to be activated ... the speech should be comprehensive and positive on domestic issues,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying is a part of failing. If you are afraid to fail then you're afraid to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying is a part of failing. If you are afraid to fail then you're afraid to try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superbly marketed, Pearl Harbor is the very model of a modern blockbuster. Will it matter that almost nothing about its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superbly marketed, Pearl Harbor is the very model of a modern blockbuster. Will it matter that almost nothing about its human drama rings true?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served him, he would never have damned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55210]]></link><description><![CDATA[God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served him, he would never have damned me to all eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to get in there. Get in the mix. Have fun, run around a little bit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28380]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to get in there. Get in the mix. Have fun, run around a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart kills local businesses. Wal-Mart lowers their prices so far down that mom and pop stores can't compete with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart kills local businesses. Wal-Mart lowers their prices so far down that mom and pop stores can't compete with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20692]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61731]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind cannot foresee its own advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind cannot foresee its own advance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can play with anybody in the country. If you want to grind it out, we can grind it out. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29189]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can play with anybody in the country. If you want to grind it out, we can grind it out. If you want to play fast, we can get up and down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand. [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54491]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand. [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We challenged New Trier a little bit in the second game. New Trier is just a little better than us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We challenged New Trier a little bit in the second game. New Trier is just a little better than us right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9000]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11714]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3410]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to play than do nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46674]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to play than do nothing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20587]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14902]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3293]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fishermen will snatch it out in his own good time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No pressure, no diamonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1050]]></link><description><![CDATA[No pressure, no diamonds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The act of contemplation then creates the thing created. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9922]]></link><description><![CDATA[The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47008]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64664]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60393]]></link><description><![CDATA[To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to find out what is exactly happening. We have all heard about this then we have to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35208]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to find out what is exactly happening. We have all heard about this then we have to see if it is confirmed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a pedophile. You know that. I'm gonna look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38673]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a pedophile. You know that. I'm gonna look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But that he wrought so high the specious tale, As manifested plainly 'twas a lie.  [Lat., Se non volea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26108]]></link><description><![CDATA[But that he wrought so high the specious tale, As manifested plainly 'twas a lie.  [Lat., Se non volea pulir sua scusa tanto,   Che la facesse di menzogna rea.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there begins a lang digression About the lords o' the creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3038]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there begins a lang digression About the lords o' the creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In lang, lang days o' simmer, When the clear and cloudless sky  Refuses ae weep drap o' rain  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58253]]></link><description><![CDATA[In lang, lang days o' simmer, When the clear and cloudless sky  Refuses ae weep drap o' rain   To Nature parched and dry,    The genial night, wi' balmy breath,     Gars verdue, spring anew,      An' ilka blade o' grass       Keps its ain drap o' dew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58253</guid></item></channel></rss>