<?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 greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little with quiet is the onely dyet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49050]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little with quiet is the onely dyet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God and a soldier all people adore In time of war, but not before;  And when war is over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57130]]></link><description><![CDATA[God and a soldier all people adore In time of war, but not before;  And when war is over and all things are righted,   God is neglected and an old soldier slighted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49549]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These bells have been anointed, And baptized with holy water! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4115]]></link><description><![CDATA[These bells have been anointed, And baptized with holy water!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby,  Knowing that with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13102]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby,  Knowing that with the shadow of his wings   He can at pleasure stint their melody:    Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had game plans in Australia and the guys played him very well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42699]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had game plans in Australia and the guys played him very well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, the best of circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, the best of circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19905]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49272]]></link><description><![CDATA[God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.-. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11377]]></link><description><![CDATA[May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.-.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52250]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless man, although it can pity him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations give a satisfactory outlet to only one temperamental type, be he mystic or soldier, businessman or artist, a civilization in which there are many standards offers a possibility of satisfactory adjustment to individuals of many different temperamental types, of diverse gifts, and varying interests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36988]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that "adjustment" to a sick and insane environment is of itself not "health" but sickness and insanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65943]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our handicaps depend on how many innings, how many defeats and who the opponent is. It takes a lot more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our handicaps depend on how many innings, how many defeats and who the opponent is. It takes a lot more into account, so it's a lot more competitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To throw a young kid still unsure of himself into a situation like that, I didn't think that was fair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35362]]></link><description><![CDATA[To throw a young kid still unsure of himself into a situation like that, I didn't think that was fair to anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25200]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. -James Nathan Miller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20906]]></link><description><![CDATA[And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20577]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war is just there to get Dad off stage, ... 'Little Women' is not about war, it's not about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41680]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war is just there to get Dad off stage, ... 'Little Women' is not about war, it's not about poverty, it's not about a woman struggling to become a writer in a world dominated by men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is absolutely no justification for the actions you have taken, ... You have already defamed the uniform. Do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35870]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is absolutely no justification for the actions you have taken, ... You have already defamed the uniform. Do not drench it with dishonor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48074]]></link><description><![CDATA[There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is Man's nature. Nature is God's art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is Man's nature. Nature is God's art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9100]]></link><description><![CDATA[What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds are fruits, words are leaves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds are fruits, words are leaves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is a creature that needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35166]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is a creature that needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a ghost That eats hankerchiefs; It keeps you company On all your travels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59588]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a ghost That eats hankerchiefs; It keeps you company On all your travels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5920]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a virtual reality fighting game. It's all weapons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38179]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a virtual reality fighting game. It's all weapons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4645]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893  If man is man and God is God, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893  If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nineteenth century planted the words which the twentieth century ripened into the atrocities of Stalin and Hitler. There is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nineteenth century planted the words which the twentieth century ripened into the atrocities of Stalin and Hitler. There is hardly an atrocity committed in the twentieth century that was not foreshadowed or even advocated by some noble man of words in the nineteenth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're about halfway there. The future is bright. We will continue to spiral up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're about halfway there. The future is bright. We will continue to spiral up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50566</guid></item></channel></rss>