<?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[An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45208]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty --excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty --excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable --should persist after the beauty was gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43258]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12968]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every historian discloses a new horizon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every historian discloses a new horizon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1255]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows out a light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now spring returns; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known;  Dim in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now spring returns; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known;  Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns,   And all the joys of life with health have flown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So the gods bless me, When all our offices have been oppressed  With riotous feeders, when our vaults have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27418]]></link><description><![CDATA[So the gods bless me, When all our offices have been oppressed  With riotous feeders, when our vaults have wept   With drunken spilth of wine, when every room    Hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy,     I have retired me to a wasteful cock      And set mine eyes at flow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the right to do as the law permits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain;  To sit upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58320]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain;  To sit upon a hill, as I do now,   To carve out dials, quaintly, point by point,    Thereby to see the minutes, how they run--     How many makes the hour full complete,      How many hours brings about the day,       How many days will finish up the year,        How many years a mortal man may live;         When this is known, then to divide the times--          So many hours must I tend my flock,           So many hours must I take my rest,            So many hours must I contemplate,             So many hours must I sport myself;              So many days my ewes have been with young,               So many weeks ere the poor fools will ean,                So many months ere I shall shear the fleece.                 So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years,                  Passed over to the end they were created,                   Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave.                    Ah, what a life were this!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.  God calleth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.  God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge   To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.    The worst speak something good. If all want sense,     God takes a text, and preaches patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27773]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Mr. Trump has got his eye on Jen, ... Unfortunately, I think she's going to win. She had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Mr. Trump has got his eye on Jen, ... Unfortunately, I think she's going to win. She had something that Mr. Trump favored, and it's been apparent. He's been favoring her for a while. But you never know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe he made the decisions taking full responsibility and with faith in his own way [of doing things]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36531]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe he made the decisions taking full responsibility and with faith in his own way [of doing things].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her mind lives tidily, apart From cold and noise and pain, And bolts the door against her heart, Out wailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her mind lives tidily, apart From cold and noise and pain, And bolts the door against her heart, Out wailing in the rain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We that are in the vaward of our youth. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55910]]></link><description><![CDATA[We that are in the vaward of our youth. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been in this business for years, and this has been the hardest three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32491]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been in this business for years, and this has been the hardest three days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever prayed heartily without learning something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53609]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5941]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's only so much we can do. We can send letters to these people and we can make them pick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40679]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's only so much we can do. We can send letters to these people and we can make them pick the stuff up, but if you have a neighborhood association ... that goes much farther than what we can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are very excited to announce this partnership and to align the event with such a favorable brand as Ford. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are very excited to announce this partnership and to align the event with such a favorable brand as Ford. The synergies with the communities are already very strong, and we look forward to unveiling our promotional programs that will excite people about the Tour and the Ford brand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will either find a way, or make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will either find a way, or make one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love Wilt creep in service where it cannot go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love Wilt creep in service where it cannot go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46991]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rock to roses;  It slipped from politics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58619]]></link><description><![CDATA[His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rock to roses;  It slipped from politics to puns;   It passed from Mahomet to Moses;    Beginning with the laws that keep     The planets in the radiant courses,      And ending with some precept deep       For dressing eels or shoeing horses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone I walk with him 'til morning. Without him I feel his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12939]]></link><description><![CDATA[On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone I walk with him 'til morning. Without him I feel his arms around me, and when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he has found me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. -Robert L. Payton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24458]]></link><description><![CDATA[American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. -Robert L. Payton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where all think alike, no one thinks very much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54314]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47549]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You lie--under a mistake-- For this is the most civil sort of lie  That can be given to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26115]]></link><description><![CDATA[You lie--under a mistake-- For this is the most civil sort of lie  That can be given to a man's face, I now   Say what I think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24719]]></link><description><![CDATA[For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From where the sun now stands I will fight no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43746]]></link><description><![CDATA[From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Domestic violence) is such a dark social issue, we opted to have a fun event. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33344]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Domestic violence) is such a dark social issue, we opted to have a fun event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20541</guid></item></channel></rss>