<?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[Americans should not impose a solution, but this administration will finally have to make it clear what its vision for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans should not impose a solution, but this administration will finally have to make it clear what its vision for a two-state solution is. Just saying 'a two-state solution' is too ambiguous. The vision has to spell out the details on final status issues such as Palestinian refugees, borders and Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62106]]></link><description><![CDATA[By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65016]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're sort of like a little ballerina shoe, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35799]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're sort of like a little ballerina shoe,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15945]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells!  What a world of happiness their harmony foretells   Through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells!  What a world of happiness their harmony foretells   Through the balmy air of night    How they ring out their delight!     From the molten golden notes,      And all in tune       What a liquid ditty floats        To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats         On the moon!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14144]]></link><description><![CDATA[All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2960]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33828]]></link><description><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64511]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/885]]></link><description><![CDATA[My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give out and out, to man or woman, money, food, clothing, or anything else, if they are able-bodied and can work and earn what they need, when there is anything on earth for them to do. This is my principle and I try to act upon it. To pursue a contrary course would ruin any community in the world and make them idlers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46051]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B King.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a story of violence and intolerance but in a contemporary way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41429]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a story of violence and intolerance but in a contemporary way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that you want to find a solution that the Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and harmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40142]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that you want to find a solution that the Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and harmony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - "The Arnold Bennett Calendar". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - "The Arnold Bennett Calendar".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   After Calvary, God has the right to be trusted; to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   After Calvary, God has the right to be trusted; to be believed that He means what He says; and that His love is dependable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11467]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be adult is to be alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25469]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be adult is to be alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was going to be somebody's day, and I knew that one of us was going to have that day. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40270]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was going to be somebody's day, and I knew that one of us was going to have that day. We're all really strong riders and we're all really fit, but to have that podium ride or world championship everything has to come together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's never really even been off the farm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30744]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's never really even been off the farm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27837]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife had been listening to the game on the radio back in Toronto, so you can imagine she was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37141]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife had been listening to the game on the radio back in Toronto, so you can imagine she was pretty upset. I did get to talk to her in the ambulance, so that made things better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see us having a substitution problem. I don't see us dropping the football or making a careless play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34633]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see us having a substitution problem. I don't see us dropping the football or making a careless play at quarterback or at running back because he's going to demand so much more than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28766]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3112]]></link><description><![CDATA[No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see levels below 17,500 as very attractive for bargain-hunting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see levels below 17,500 as very attractive for bargain-hunting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents,  Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents,  Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state,   Bleed gold for ministers to sport away.    Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23381]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65613]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47863]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, our stomachs Will make what's homely savory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, our stomachs Will make what's homely savory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is wont to hide herself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is wont to hide herself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they calmly did rest,   And hung on the ether's invisible breast;    Than the vapours of earth they seemed purer, more bright,--     Oh! could they be clouds? 'Twas the necklace of night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29731]]></link><description><![CDATA[When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This may truly be a teachable moment about the impact of poverty and race on health, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33213]]></link><description><![CDATA[This may truly be a teachable moment about the impact of poverty and race on health,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25471]]></link><description><![CDATA[So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25471</guid></item></channel></rss>