<?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[In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13622]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in national safety and welfare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart With pity that doth make me sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5354]]></link><description><![CDATA[O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart With pity that doth make me sick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who haveonly interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21321]]></link><description><![CDATA[One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who haveonly interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're crazy not to recognize that Mike Vick is a great player. He's going to make plays. We just tried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39663]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're crazy not to recognize that Mike Vick is a great player. He's going to make plays. We just tried to contain him as best as possible, but it's hard to contain someone so special.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;   Their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25083]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;   Their pure breath sanctifies the air,    As its fragrance fills the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep, And in his simple show he harbors treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep, And in his simple show he harbors treason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening is not a rational act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening is not a rational act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it's just enough to know that they are standing by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We kind of panicked a little bit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33681]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kind of panicked a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till wak'd and kindled by the master's spell,  And feeling hearts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till wak'd and kindled by the master's spell,  And feeling hearts touch them but lightly--pour   A thousand melodies unheard before!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a paradox, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a paradox, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're budgeted for this year. We did the budgeting for this year in the spring, so our year is set. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38238]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're budgeted for this year. We did the budgeting for this year in the spring, so our year is set. However, if the price remains high or goes higher, then we may have to drop a home-and-home series with someone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59153]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did a fantastic job. It was a really good win. We executed and did a lot of good things. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did a fantastic job. It was a really good win. We executed and did a lot of good things. Cloverleaf did well early, but then we did what we needed to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40672]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in China. The economy is already past its peak. This is no longer the easy money you had in 2002 and 2003.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. [Mathew]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. [Mathew].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23523]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest smiles are those which spread across our faces when no one's watching us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest smiles are those which spread across our faces when no one's watching us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with - for you are a caretaker for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5981]]></link><description><![CDATA[An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with - for you are a caretaker for those moments in time. Doc Childre, A Parenting Manual: Heart Hope for the Family -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25910]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free,  And like the wings of sea-birds  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59925]]></link><description><![CDATA[The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free,  And like the wings of sea-birds   Flash the white caps of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62535]]></link><description><![CDATA[I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, and some day, when my generation retires, they will have to pay us trillions of dollars in social security]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49088]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52547]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32537]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to the U.S. doesn't get you much in return,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47092]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a long lesson in humility. -James M. Barrie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a long lesson in humility. -James M. Barrie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29112]]></link><description><![CDATA[We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and James and John.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45383]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/573]]></link><description><![CDATA[All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And every eye Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56252]]></link><description><![CDATA[And every eye Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a private conversation between myself and another elected official, and that's the end of it. We can work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38122]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a private conversation between myself and another elected official, and that's the end of it. We can work on other issues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14772]]></link><description><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted individuals manage to do both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all hearts. [It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono  Le tre faville ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all hearts. [It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono  Le tre faville che hanno i cori accesi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14305</guid></item></channel></rss>