<?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[To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19667]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blame it on a simple twist of fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blame it on a simple twist of fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still collecting scientific data. I'm really surprised we haven't gone into emergency mode. This time last November, we were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31980]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still collecting scientific data. I'm really surprised we haven't gone into emergency mode. This time last November, we were passing through this same zone, and we got clobbered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don\'t find fault, find a remedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don\'t find fault, find a remedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia wants to play mediator between the West and Islamic world. But that won't bring any good because Russia is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Russia wants to play mediator between the West and Islamic world. But that won't bring any good because Russia is more vulnerable to Islam than the West.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5345]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyday of my life I am forced to add another name to the list of people who piss me off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyday of my life I am forced to add another name to the list of people who piss me off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking into my heart, which is perhaps the best way of looking into other men's, I know that the Savior ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Looking into my heart, which is perhaps the best way of looking into other men's, I know that the Savior I want is one of whom I can say with Thomas of old, "My Lord and my God". It would not suffice for my need that He should be only an heroic brother, man divinely inspired. I owe Him my soul, He fills my whole spiritual horizon, I seek to lose myself in Him that I may find myself eternally in life and love divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of Washington. We are met to celebrate this day. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61249]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of Washington. We are met to celebrate this day. Washington is the mightiest name on earth--long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name an eulogy is expected. It can not be. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name and in its naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2008]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming off last game (an 81-70 loss Thursday night to San Diego State), we didn't really throw it inside as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming off last game (an 81-70 loss Thursday night to San Diego State), we didn't really throw it inside as much as we usually do. We wanted to make it a point to go inside out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Christ, my life, possess me utterly. Take me and make a little Christ of me. If I am anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8103]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Christ, my life, possess me utterly. Take me and make a little Christ of me. If I am anything but thy father's son, 'Tis something not yet from the darkness won. Oh, give me light to live with open eyes. Oh, give me life to hope above all skies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't need to be Catholic to be Catholic anymore. If you dissent, you don't get out. Martin Luther looks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5301]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't need to be Catholic to be Catholic anymore. If you dissent, you don't get out. Martin Luther looks like a prince compared to these people because he knew when it was time to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The information is used by conservation groups and other agencies to set priorities for funding and research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The information is used by conservation groups and other agencies to set priorities for funding and research.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20868]]></link><description><![CDATA[No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For washing his hands, none sels his lands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49253]]></link><description><![CDATA[For washing his hands, none sels his lands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy. It's one way of being wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy. It's one way of being wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't want a sarcastic answer, don't ask a stupid question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63321]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't want a sarcastic answer, don't ask a stupid question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find nothing more depressing than optimism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45203]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find nothing more depressing than optimism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59574]]></link><description><![CDATA[A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5951]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,  I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8674]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,  I doubted of this saw, till on a day   I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I think [my husband] is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I think [my husband] is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19420]]></link><description><![CDATA[More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune favors the brave. [Lat., Fors juvat audentes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune favors the brave. [Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave.   - Lord Byron (George ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58788]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave.   - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a sheet of paper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a sheet of paper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Less shame a greater fault would palliate. [Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Less shame a greater fault would palliate. [Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16648]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30859]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54572]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense,  Old riddles still bid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54837]]></link><description><![CDATA[But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense,  Old riddles still bid us defiance,   Old questions of Why and of Whence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49780</guid></item></channel></rss>