<?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[The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than thosewho try to do nothing and succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than thosewho try to do nothing and succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63405]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes a great difference in our feelings towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes a great difference in our feelings towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer; as also it makes a vast difference in their feelings towards us if they know that we are in the habit of praying for them. There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the same exercise of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47100]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were stepping out of the mosque and suddenly a big blast shook the ground, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36715]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were stepping out of the mosque and suddenly a big blast shook the ground,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65480]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We consider this normal revenge against Israeli aggression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28319]]></link><description><![CDATA[We consider this normal revenge against Israeli aggression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money doesn't talk, it swears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money doesn't talk, it swears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In other men we faults may spy, And blame the mote that dims their eye;  Each little speck and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23532]]></link><description><![CDATA[In other men we faults may spy, And blame the mote that dims their eye;  Each little speck and blemish find,   To our own stronger errors blind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to getthings done make lists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21466]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to getthings done make lists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8859]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of the two old parties know they are both right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his duties on the court ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his duties on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last couple of days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their "Luck" arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64341]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2778]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compromise we made with the AA this time was a fair one. It is a privilege for us to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compromise we made with the AA this time was a fair one. It is a privilege for us to use these courts and in order to continue using them we need to work together so that the courts stay in good condition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. [It., D'uomo e il ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53811]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. [It., D'uomo e il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono  Scerne il dolor del fallo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof  From sharp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9965]]></link><description><![CDATA[But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof  From sharp contentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42774]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went back to see the damage and boy was there some damage. The house was totally gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30925]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went back to see the damage and boy was there some damage. The house was totally gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of business out there, but if you haven't got the right (capability) levels in the right places, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42584]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of business out there, but if you haven't got the right (capability) levels in the right places, then you can't take it on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12486]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find, The error of our eye directs our mind.  What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find, The error of our eye directs our mind.  What error leads must error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66637]]></link><description><![CDATA[After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28708]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, that I were where I would be, Then would I be where I am not;  For where I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61789]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, that I were where I would be, Then would I be where I am not;  For where I am I would not be,   And where I would be I can not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the people involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thereby hangs a tale. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55709]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thereby hangs a tale. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice to be honored, to work my butt off and have it pay off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29064]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice to be honored, to work my butt off and have it pay off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All somebody had to do was throw a cigarette out and we have a disaster, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35568]]></link><description><![CDATA[All somebody had to do was throw a cigarette out and we have a disaster,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He posted up well and they went to a box-and-one on him. He was working too hard to get open ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38717]]></link><description><![CDATA[He posted up well and they went to a box-and-one on him. He was working too hard to get open and I told him, ?Settle down, we'll get you open off screens.' Then we started running our man offense and that was getting other people open so he didn't have to score. We got other people in the flow and exploded the middle of their box-and-one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more productive people are, the more governments can tax and confiscate. So the more productive people are, the more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more productive people are, the more governments can tax and confiscate. So the more productive people are, the more costly it is for governments to kill them. Evidence indicates that governments respond to this economic incentive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65900]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you dont feel like doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65900</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><item><title><![CDATA[They needed a school teacher to organize things, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37757]]></link><description><![CDATA[They needed a school teacher to organize things,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37757</guid></item></channel></rss>