<?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[People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8376]]></link><description><![CDATA[People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being were good, their works would shine forth brightly. Do not imagine that you can ground your salvation upon actions; it must rest on what you are. The ground upon which good character rests is the very same ground from which man's work derives its value, namely, a mind wholly turned to God. Verily, if you were so minded, you might tread on a stone and it would be a more pious work than if you, simply for your own profit, were to receive the Body of the Lord and were wanting in spiritual detachment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36769]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The PA Interior Ministry is playing the role of the ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41284]]></link><description><![CDATA[The PA Interior Ministry is playing the role of the]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27868]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's disc.Wear it, sweet friend. Inscribe no date nor deed.But may thy heart-beat kiss it, night and day,Until the name grow blurred and fade away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9092]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2356]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That?s what we?re trying to build. Two more groups to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33320]]></link><description><![CDATA[That?s what we?re trying to build. Two more groups to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, people are doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, people are doing little things to show support. It's really great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only one who can beat me is me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only one who can beat me is me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44164]]></link><description><![CDATA[To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He believed that he was born, not for himself, but for the whole world. [Lat., Nec sibi sed toti genitum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46472]]></link><description><![CDATA[He believed that he was born, not for himself, but for the whole world. [Lat., Nec sibi sed toti genitum se credere mundo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5822]]></link><description><![CDATA[So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17415]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45684]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18937]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common curse of mankind,—folly and ignorance. -Troilus and Cressida. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common curse of mankind,—folly and ignorance. -Troilus and Cressida. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better be a foole then a knave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be a foole then a knave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A severe war lurks under the show of peace. [Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A severe war lurks under the show of peace. [Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world,  Than these poor compounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4912]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world,  Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.   I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none    Farewell. Buy food and get thyself in flesh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the government wants is to close down civil society in this country. And that means they have to close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41249]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the government wants is to close down civil society in this country. And that means they have to close down us, noncommercial NGOs, which remain the last bastion of the Russian civil society not controlled by the government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people think we're completely mad! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23215]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people think we're completely mad!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of promises were made last year. And in terms of public awareness, we've already won. Now we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of promises were made last year. And in terms of public awareness, we've already won. Now we have to shift the focus to the money, and how the money is used.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't fix everything, but it would create a more just system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42177]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't fix everything, but it would create a more just system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44359]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nation of shopkeepers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nation of shopkeepers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the district is as wide open as it's ever been. Everybody has tapes on each other, so there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39946]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the district is as wide open as it's ever been. Everybody has tapes on each other, so there's not much mystery. It will be a matter of who out-executes whom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[formation of a fully represented, broad-based government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28280]]></link><description><![CDATA[formation of a fully represented, broad-based government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9251]]></link><description><![CDATA[A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For while the treason I detest, The traitor still I love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59647]]></link><description><![CDATA[For while the treason I detest, The traitor still I love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coveteous spends more then the liberall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coveteous spends more then the liberall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15436]]></link><description><![CDATA[How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for me?' and she would answer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11100]]></link><description><![CDATA[My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for me?' and she would answer, 'Don't worry about finding the right woman- concentrate on becoming the right man.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These blessed candles of the night. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55620]]></link><description><![CDATA[These blessed candles of the night. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66649</guid></item></channel></rss>