<?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[Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you -- don't do it. Say no. That can of beer that somebody wants you to try, don't do it. Don't you ever do it. That drug that someone might want you to use, don't touch it. Stay away from it. It can destroy you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone was encouraging to each other. It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a tryout ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone was encouraging to each other. It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a tryout or anything. I'd played against a lot of the guys at the Combine, so we all kind of had a mutual respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is too short to stuff a mushroom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21177]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46759]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If patriotism is, as Dr. Johnson used to remark, the last refuge of the scoundrel, wrapping outdated industry in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15808]]></link><description><![CDATA[If patriotism is, as Dr. Johnson used to remark, the last refuge of the scoundrel, wrapping outdated industry in the mantle of national interest is the last refuge of the economically dispossessed. In economic terms, pleading national interest is the declining cottage industry of those who have been bypassed by the global economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of almost unlimited extension in all directions. Christians should seek for inner enlargement till their outward dimension gives no hint of the vastness within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're more than ready to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36152]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're more than ready to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59247]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44596]]></link><description><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houghton was the last 'independent' educational publisher left. To get into the school market, Houghton was the last one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houghton was the last 'independent' educational publisher left. To get into the school market, Houghton was the last one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be the premier facility in the valley. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30679]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be the premier facility in the valley.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55115]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There could be some small differences that, when they analyze the data, will pop out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32846]]></link><description><![CDATA[There could be some small differences that, when they analyze the data, will pop out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Houston home market has never been in better shape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Houston home market has never been in better shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. -The Merchant of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55617]]></link><description><![CDATA[How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35319]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want the customer to always get a lot of food for a little money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40759]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want the customer to always get a lot of food for a little money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose your friends by their character and your socks by theircolor. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose your friends by their character and your socks by theircolor. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, andchoosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom.(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom.(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I went to the copy machine, the medal went to the copy machine, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35436]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I went to the copy machine, the medal went to the copy machine, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19287</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[The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love;  The ivy climbs the laurel   To clasp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23107]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love;  The ivy climbs the laurel   To clasp the boughs above.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's disappointing to see a family member hurt. I want him to have as big a year as I want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38182]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's disappointing to see a family member hurt. I want him to have as big a year as I want to have for myself. But he's a great player and I know that he's going to be fine, so I trust that he's going to be back to 100 percent pretty soon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did a great job. He didn't trying to feel it enough where he was forcing bad shots. For the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41837]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did a great job. He didn't trying to feel it enough where he was forcing bad shots. For the most part, they were all very good shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16047]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64220]]></link><description><![CDATA[In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We go out and do our best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29271]]></link><description><![CDATA[We go out and do our best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. . -John Templeton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1644]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45522]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. -Rachel Carson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47407]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That government is best which governs least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47275]]></link><description><![CDATA[That government is best which governs least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist  [Eternal life is] naught else than that blessed regard wherewith Thou never ceasest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist  [Eternal life is] naught else than that blessed regard wherewith Thou never ceasest to behold me, yea, even the secret places of my soul. With Thee, to behold is to give life: It is unceasingly to impart sweetest love of Thee; 'tis to inflame me to love of Thee by love's imparting, and to feed me by inflaming, and by feeding to kindle my yearning, and by kindling to make me drink of the dew of gladness, and by drinking to infuse in me a fountain of life, and by infusing to make it increase and endure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49351]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49351</guid></item></channel></rss>