<?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 human mind ever longs for occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is halfe spent before we know what it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sark, fairer than aught in the world that the lit skies cover, Laughs inly behind her cliffs, and the seafarers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sark, fairer than aught in the world that the lit skies cover, Laughs inly behind her cliffs, and the seafarers mark  As a shrine where the sunlight serves, though the blown clouds hover, Sark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15259]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the last of earth! I am content. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24114]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the last of earth! I am content.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15049]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;  The secret anniversaries of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19573]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;  The secret anniversaries of the heart,   When the full river of feeling overflows;--    The happy days unclouded to their close;     The sudden joys that our of darkness start      As flames from ashes; swift desires that dart       Like swallows singing down each wind that blows!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conflict is the beginning of consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50712</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[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is spiritualized imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is spiritualized imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise,  And interpret your device,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise,  And interpret your device,   . . . .    All things wait for and divine him,--     How shall I dare to malign him?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said to the sky-poised Lark: "Hark--hark!  Thy note is more loud and free   Because there lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24099]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said to the sky-poised Lark: "Hark--hark!  Thy note is more loud and free   Because there lies safe for thee    A little nest on the ground."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28035]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply filing the motion doesn't change anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simply filing the motion doesn't change anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that can stay obtaines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49327]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that can stay obtaines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. -Lauren Bacall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. -Lauren Bacall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9274]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar is not a time of waste ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grammar is not a time of waste]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory   Our stout old Commodores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65477]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less we know the more we suspect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less we know the more we suspect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48286]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize in all of golf (one million pounds).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under this bill, Duke Cunningham still would be able to get away with trading bribes for earmarks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under this bill, Duke Cunningham still would be able to get away with trading bribes for earmarks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just frees you to be more honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39264]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just frees you to be more honest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1107]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; anoptimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22474]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; anoptimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the operating results are disappointing, we made significant progress toward executing our strategic plans during the quarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35762]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the operating results are disappointing, we made significant progress toward executing our strategic plans during the quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, ... tired of common sense and civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40910]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the backs of motorists. Now it's more fees on parking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two great things you can give your children: one isroots, the other is wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two great things you can give your children: one isroots, the other is wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank and explicit--that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frank and explicit--that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19965]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, why wasn't it done the other way?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the fireflies, Wah-wah-taysee, Waved their torches to mislead him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16030]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the fireflies, Wah-wah-taysee, Waved their torches to mislead him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to livehappily, and to be at peace with his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21944]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to livehappily, and to be at peace with his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In how many lives does Love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25803]]></link><description><![CDATA[In how many lives does Love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a 'grand passion' than of a grand opera.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38405</guid></item></channel></rss>