<?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 meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Death thought about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Death thought about it, Cats, he said eventually, Cats are Nice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider  Of dusty and old titles, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61131]]></link><description><![CDATA[O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider  Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood   The earth when it is sick, and curest the world    O' the pleurisy of people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate ingratitude more in a man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,  Or any taint of vie whose strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20903]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate ingratitude more in a man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,  Or any taint of vie whose strong corruption   Inhabits our frail blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, orthey'll eventually conquer you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21571]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, orthey'll eventually conquer you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life of nothing's nothing worth, From that first nothing ere his birth,  To that last nothing under earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44681]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life of nothing's nothing worth, From that first nothing ere his birth,  To that last nothing under earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems is that it lacks any meaningful safeguards, so that mistakes can and do happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34369]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems is that it lacks any meaningful safeguards, so that mistakes can and do happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10815]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They want desperately to perceive a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They want desperately to perceive a vast gulf between man and the rest of creation. This mythology of human superiority justifies their doing whatever they please with the world, just the way Hitler’s mythology of Aryan superiority justified his doing whatever he pleased with Europe. But in the end this mythology is not deeply satisfying. The Takers are a profoundly lonely people. The world for them is enemy territory, and they live in it like an army of occupation, alienated and isolated by their extraordinary specialness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9150]]></link><description><![CDATA[At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig,  And a bo'sun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig,  And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmite   And the crew of the captain's gig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20517]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46189]]></link><description><![CDATA[No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9738]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thereby hangs a tale. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55709]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thereby hangs a tale. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's some pretty good spin on some very hard numbers if you look at them over time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30946]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's some pretty good spin on some very hard numbers if you look at them over time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta  D'alto silenzio e figlia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta  D'alto silenzio e figlia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54472]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway;  And as their subjects ought them to obey,   So kings should feare and serve their God againe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because he hashelped abuse lab animalsin speaking normallyor ex cathedramillions of Catholicsdefine themselves asex cath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because he hashelped abuse lab animalsin speaking normallyor ex cathedramillions of Catholicsdefine themselves asex cath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what love can do, that does love attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51468]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what love can do, that does love attempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housekeeping ain't no joke ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Housekeeping ain't no joke]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859  [Christ] is the breathing forth of the heart, life and spirit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859  [Christ] is the breathing forth of the heart, life and spirit of God into all the dead race of Adam. He is the seeker, the finder, the restorer of all that, from Cain to the end of time, was lost and dead to the life of God. He is the love that prays for all its murderers; the love that willingly suffers and dies among thieves, that thieves may have a life with him in Paradise; the love that visits publicans, harlots and sinners, and wants and seeks to forgive where most is to be forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And have you been to Borderland? Its country lies on either hand  Beyond the river I-forget.   One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16487]]></link><description><![CDATA[And have you been to Borderland? Its country lies on either hand  Beyond the river I-forget.   One crosses by a single stone    So narrow one must pass alone,     And all about its waters fret--      The laughing river I-forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack was embarrassed--never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jack was embarrassed--never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20071]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no,' I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sit here and think, with more than a little astonishment, that I have been writing and publishing Science Fiction ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sit here and think, with more than a little astonishment, that I have been writing and publishing Science Fiction now for just three-eighths of a century. This isn't bad for someone who only admits to being in his late youth- or a little over thirty, if pinned down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20933]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1002]]></link><description><![CDATA[As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our studies of HIV patients with painful feet -peripheral neuropathy- animal studies have already demonstrated that marijuana, where opioids ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33821]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our studies of HIV patients with painful feet -peripheral neuropathy- animal studies have already demonstrated that marijuana, where opioids don't work, works for nerve pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're the ones that will come in and play with the toys. They'll come and try on all the crazy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36534]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're the ones that will come in and play with the toys. They'll come and try on all the crazy hats we have back there. You'll see them playing as much as the kids are playing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12927]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make a hole-in-one in a major, that was great, ... It's an honor for me to play in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38827]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make a hole-in-one in a major, that was great, ... It's an honor for me to play in a major with all these great players and be under par... and then make a hole-in-one to boot. That might put me in the history books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21668</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[Sing away, ay, sing away, Merry little bird  Always gayest of the gay,   Though a woodland roundelay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing away, ay, sing away, Merry little bird  Always gayest of the gay,   Though a woodland roundelay    You ne'er sung not heard;     Though your life from youth to age      Passes is a narrow cage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5199</guid></item></channel></rss>