<?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[True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52797]]></link><description><![CDATA[True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to bring people different workshops to educate, to give them training and skills they can use in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38137]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to bring people different workshops to educate, to give them training and skills they can use in their businesses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul that is within me no man can degrade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2290]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul that is within me no man can degrade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princes have no way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Princes have no way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very telling that marshals are interested in going to Border Patrol at a lower pay grade, a very revealing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very telling that marshals are interested in going to Border Patrol at a lower pay grade, a very revealing reflection of low morale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48565]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart is feminine, nor can forget-- To all, except one image, madly blind;  So shakes the needle, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20853]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart is feminine, nor can forget-- To all, except one image, madly blind;  So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole,   As vibrates my fond heart to my fix'd soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town,  There's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17751]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town,  There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew,   And the yellow god forever gazes down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49338]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who flies at the right time can fight again. [Lat., Celuy qui fuit bonne heure  Peut combattre derechef.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61119]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who flies at the right time can fight again. [Lat., Celuy qui fuit bonne heure  Peut combattre derechef.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a man who has never had much experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45210]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65270]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could have better spared a better man. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could have better spared a better man. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48478]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is properly no history; only biography ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4215]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is properly no history; only biography]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the major factors affecting pork producer profitability is the policy of the government as it impacts a producer's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35426]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the major factors affecting pork producer profitability is the policy of the government as it impacts a producer's cost of doing business and their ability to effectively market their products. This award is a way for us to show our appreciation for the continued support that these legislators have demonstrated to Illinois pork producers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In honest plainness thou hast heard me say My daughter is not for thee; and now, in madness,  Being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22932]]></link><description><![CDATA[In honest plainness thou hast heard me say My daughter is not for thee; and now, in madness,  Being full of supper and distemp'ring draughts,   Upon malicious knavery does thou come    To start my quiet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue  Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56550]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue  Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath   Rides on the posting winds and doth belie    All corners of the world. Kings, queens. and states,     Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave      This viperous slander enters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19149]]></link><description><![CDATA[To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54770]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51090]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. - The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52032]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. - The Heart's Domain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature means Necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature means Necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the still-vexed Bermoothes. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56099]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the still-vexed Bermoothes. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965]]></link><description><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2315]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. [Lat., Prima enim sequentem, honestumn est in secundis, tertiisque consistere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8806]]></link><description><![CDATA[In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly,  Till, wafted by a gentle breeze,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57289]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly,  Till, wafted by a gentle breeze,   They faint and languish by degrees,    And at a distance die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hangars were not destroyed from bomb damage but it brought back a lot of little memories of that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33220]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hangars were not destroyed from bomb damage but it brought back a lot of little memories of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only one thing is quite certain: he too has his time and not more than his time. One day others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only one thing is quite certain: he too has his time and not more than his time. One day others will come who will do the same things better. And some day he will have been completely forgotten--even if he should have built the pyramids or the St. Gotthard tunnel or invented atomic fission. And one thing is even more certain: whether the achievement of a man's life is great or small, significant or insignificant, he will one day stand before his eternal judge, and everything that he has done and performed will be no more than a mole hill, and then he will have nothing better to do than hope for something he has not earned: not for a crown, but quite simply for gracious judgment which he has not deserved. That is the only thing that will count then, achievement or not. "My kindness shall not depart from you." By this man lives. By this alone can he live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to remind myself that this is for next year so I'll be ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38293]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to remind myself that this is for next year so I'll be ready.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What some invent the rest enlarge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54560]]></link><description><![CDATA[What some invent the rest enlarge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gloriously drunk, obey the important call. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gloriously drunk, obey the important call.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting ahead that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5970]]></link><description><![CDATA[What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting ahead that they display in traffic. -M.A. Kelly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/92]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/92</guid></item></channel></rss>