<?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[Gracie comes home from the hospital after visiting a sick friend. (George) 'Where did you get the flowers?' (Gracie) 'I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracie comes home from the hospital after visiting a sick friend. (George) 'Where did you get the flowers?' (Gracie) 'I went to visit Mable.' (George) 'Yeah, so?' (Gracie) 'WELL, you told me to take her flowers!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1248]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The play bill which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The play bill which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29037]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say, this is what we know about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/806]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say, this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58808]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63096]]></link><description><![CDATA[An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're the ones that will come in and play with the toys. They'll come and try on all the crazy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36534]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're the ones that will come in and play with the toys. They'll come and try on all the crazy hats we have back there. You'll see them playing as much as the kids are playing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gently running made sweet music with the enameled stones and seemed to give a gentle kiss to every sedge he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gently running made sweet music with the enameled stones and seemed to give a gentle kiss to every sedge he overtook in his watery pilgrimage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52045]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25368]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries... - Melting Pot, The.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer,  And, singing gently ever,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58450]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer,  And, singing gently ever,   Dips under the water clear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bring in great logs and let them lie To make a solid core of heat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bring in great logs and let them lie To make a solid core of heat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the operating results are disappointing, we made significant progress toward executing our strategic plans during the quarter, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35758]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the operating results are disappointing, we made significant progress toward executing our strategic plans during the quarter,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The players are looking forward to it because they'd like revenge, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The players are looking forward to it because they'd like revenge,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is all you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is all you need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66328]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6081]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And have you been able, Flaccus, to see the slender Thais? Then, Flaccus, I suspect you can see what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14074]]></link><description><![CDATA[And have you been able, Flaccus, to see the slender Thais? Then, Flaccus, I suspect you can see what is invisible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One cannot insult a religion whatever it is. To defend the dignity of one's religion does not mean one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34960]]></link><description><![CDATA[One cannot insult a religion whatever it is. To defend the dignity of one's religion does not mean one is radical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be danger of our government ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be danger of our government running America in the wrong way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -Eden Phillpotts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25108]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -Eden Phillpotts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66688]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19429]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64643]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A satellite has no conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9308]]></link><description><![CDATA[A satellite has no conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We who lived in the concentration camps can rememberthe men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away theirlast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22676]]></link><description><![CDATA[We who lived in the concentration camps can rememberthe men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away theirlast piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offersufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:The last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given setof circumstances, to choose one's own way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface." [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface." [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegitimis non carborundum."Lat., "Don't let the bastards grind you down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illegitimis non carborundum."Lat., "Don't let the bastards grind you down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for anger is delay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for anger is delay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you make a mistake and miss your fate? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41088]]></link><description><![CDATA[My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45360]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two monologues do not make a dialogue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two monologues do not make a dialogue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   I am glad that you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   I am glad that you have been acquainted, from your youth, with the wrestlings of God, being cast from furnace to furnace; knowing, if you were not dear to God, and if your health did not require so much of him, he would not spend as much physic upon you. All the brethren and sisters of Christ must be conformed to his image in suffering, Rom. viii.17, and some do more fully resemble the copy than others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;  At fifty, chides his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43177]]></link><description><![CDATA[At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;  At fifty, chides his infamous delay,   Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve,    In all the magnanimity of thought;     Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.      And why? because he thinks himself immortal,       All men think all men mortal but themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15743]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People believe I am what they see Me as, rather than what they do not see. But I am the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46055]]></link><description><![CDATA[People believe I am what they see Me as, rather than what they do not see. But I am the Great Unseen, not what I cause Myself to be in any particular moment. In a sense, I am what I am not. It is from the Am-notness that I come, and to it I always return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1429]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. [Fr., On ne peut repondre de son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. [Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete dans le peril.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment. [Lat., Non sest aliena res, quae fere ab honestis negligi solet, cura bene ac velociter scribendi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Life needs for life is possible to will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61609]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Life needs for life is possible to will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cheerful loser is the winner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cheerful loser is the winner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25596</guid></item></channel></rss>