<?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[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[Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thurber did not write the way a surgeon operates, he wrote the way a child skips rope, the way a mouse waltzes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been practicing hard, too. I really don't want to mention it, but wouldn't it be nice if ... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37696]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been practicing hard, too. I really don't want to mention it, but wouldn't it be nice if ...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nursing home and hospital share the dining room, but that's all. We are in space that was vacant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nursing home and hospital share the dining room, but that's all. We are in space that was vacant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52837]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like my father always said to me, he said to me, he said, Roseanna Roseanadana, it's always something. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5291]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like my father always said to me, he said to me, he said, Roseanna Roseanadana, it's always something. If it isn't one thing--it's another! It's always something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52031]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can only be understood back- wards; but it must be lived forwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can only be understood back- wards; but it must be lived forwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48430]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry a widdow before she leave mourning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27595]]></link><description><![CDATA[To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel the urgency of such a situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our ow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike the iron whilst it is hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strike the iron whilst it is hot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your pianos travel with you. So does your manager. You have no time for girls. Your manager sees to it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your pianos travel with you. So does your manager. You have no time for girls. Your manager sees to it that no young predatory females get very far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by Death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by Death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and richer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might of been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We kept our composure down the stretch and made some big shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kept our composure down the stretch and made some big shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And for our country 'tis a bliss to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45787]]></link><description><![CDATA[And for our country 'tis a bliss to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursoron the blank page(Regina Brett has written regular columns for 2 Ohio papers). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursoron the blank page(Regina Brett has written regular columns for 2 Ohio papers).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. -King Henry IV. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55837]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46452]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The importance of controlling bacteria in the home is no different than the professional setting. We feel strongly that consumers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The importance of controlling bacteria in the home is no different than the professional setting. We feel strongly that consumers must continue to have the choice to use these products.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation with casuists.   - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, tell me whence Love cometh! Love comes uncall'd, unsent.  Oh, tell me where Love goeth!   That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, tell me whence Love cometh! Love comes uncall'd, unsent.  Oh, tell me where Love goeth!   That was not Love that went.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around  Laugh at the jests or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around  Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail   Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas a yellow rose, By that south window of the little house,  My cousin Romney gathered with his hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54425]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas a yellow rose, By that south window of the little house,  My cousin Romney gathered with his hand   On all my birthdays, for me. save the last;    And then I shook the tree too rough, too rough,     For roses to stay after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.  [Ger., Es tragt Verstand und rechter Sinn,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45236]]></link><description><![CDATA[With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.  [Ger., Es tragt Verstand und rechter Sinn,   Mit wenig Kunst sich selber vor.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no instinct like that of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22817]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no instinct like that of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24573]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60977]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46208]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53065]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names,  Telling their strange and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26700]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names,  Telling their strange and vigorous faculties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market has gone berserk. Forget about rational valuations, price-earning ratios and growth fundamentals, we have turned into a frenzied ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market has gone berserk. Forget about rational valuations, price-earning ratios and growth fundamentals, we have turned into a frenzied mob in front of a roulette wheel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. In mylife, what I want and what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. In mylife, what I want and what I need are exactly the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53467]]></link><description><![CDATA[People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion . . . "What religion?" . . . the Earl said, "Men of sense never tell it."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53467</guid></item></channel></rss>