<?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[And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk more. -Erica Jong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14791]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk more. -Erica Jong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier for a camel to pass through they eye of the needle than for a rich man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53757]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier for a camel to pass through they eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fat kitchen, a lean will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23885]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fat kitchen, a lean will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33531]]></link><description><![CDATA[American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft remonstrance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51802]]></link><description><![CDATA[He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft remonstrance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14042]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the process by which results are arrived at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23531]]></link><description><![CDATA[We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the process by which results are arrived at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June:  And, though perhaps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June:  And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold,   A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in his greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True prayer is something more than desire. It is no mere subjective instinct, ... no blind outreach. If it met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6584]]></link><description><![CDATA[True prayer is something more than desire. It is no mere subjective instinct, ... no blind outreach. If it met no response, no answer, it would soon be weeded out of the race. Prayer has stood the test of experience. In fact, the very desire to pray is in itself prophetic of a heavenly Friend. So this native need of the soul rose out of the divine origin of the soul, and it has steadily verified itself as a safe guide to reality. In the first instance it is not asking for anything, it is not petition; all it seeks is God Himself: Let me find Thee, let me know Thee, then I will ask of Thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like people, like priest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like people, like priest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28635]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death and taxes are inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death and taxes are inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never plan the future by the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17082]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never plan the future by the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as we're playing defense behind her, we're going to do OK. Erica was good with her rhythm, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40961]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as we're playing defense behind her, we're going to do OK. Erica was good with her rhythm, but we didn't make any mistakes behind her. If we continue to do this, we're going to surprise some people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/520]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61568]]></link><description><![CDATA[I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These grass fires are getting very deadly. They burn homes down, they kill people, so this is not something to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32753]]></link><description><![CDATA[These grass fires are getting very deadly. They burn homes down, they kill people, so this is not something to be taken lightly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60228]]></link><description><![CDATA[What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never for us so hearty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32019]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For trouts are tickled best in muddy water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59739]]></link><description><![CDATA[For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23067]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being -- that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age like this one the function of the moralist is not to exhort men to be good but to elucidate what the good is. The problem of sanctions is secondary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the nectar, the hummingbird, the clover. You are the bloom, thebee, the OerHoverer. You are the child, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43180]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the nectar, the hummingbird, the clover. You are the bloom, thebee, the OerHoverer. You are the child, the bond and the mother. Youare the Love, the Beloved, the Lover.(to our mother).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are innocent people ... Those criminals and terrorists came and did this to us, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are innocent people ... Those criminals and terrorists came and did this to us,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round,  I keep smooth plats of fruitful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4286]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round,  I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground,   Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47987]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65191]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12766]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3666]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills, And I must minister the like to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26725]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills, And I must minister the like to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure The table round. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure The table round.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66777</guid></item></channel></rss>