<?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[No great genius is without an admixture of madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17352]]></link><description><![CDATA[No great genius is without an admixture of madness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What it triggers is the clock ticking. It just becomes a little more of a pressure cooker.... It's all stressful, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40517]]></link><description><![CDATA[What it triggers is the clock ticking. It just becomes a little more of a pressure cooker.... It's all stressful, uncertain times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumb-bells? To dig a vineyard is a worthier exercise for men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumb-bells? To dig a vineyard is a worthier exercise for men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604 For the flowers are great blessings. For the Lord made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604 For the flowers are great blessings. For the Lord made a Nosegay in the meadow with his disciples and preached upon the lily. For the flowers have great virtues for all senses. For the flower glorifies God and the root parries the adversary. For the flowers have their angels even the words of God's creation. For there is a language of flowers. For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46249]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any state can make a difference, but when you look at the arithmetic, ... it's hard to imagine that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any state can make a difference, but when you look at the arithmetic, ... it's hard to imagine that the party that loses Ohio can win the presidency. This is the year in which Ohio is absolutely the key battleground of all the battleground states.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1870]]></link><description><![CDATA[It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way. -Edith Wharton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensive player, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41036]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensive player, and his offense keeps getting better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11310]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62099]]></link><description><![CDATA[All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great things are only possible with outrageous requests. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great things are only possible with outrageous requests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9469]]></link><description><![CDATA[So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the office without undergoing the agonies of the damned, but give him a little metal, a few chemicals, some wire and twenty or thirty billion dollars and, vroom! there he is, up on a rock a quarter of a million miles up in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1873]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52013]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44725]]></link><description><![CDATA[When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reverse side also has a reverse side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reverse side also has a reverse side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing a lot of new buying of the Canadian dollar. The central bank continues to tighten and everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34917]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing a lot of new buying of the Canadian dollar. The central bank continues to tighten and everyone is talking about the election. We expect continued strength in the Canadian dollar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug prices are much more than a casual concern for New Yorkers. As prices continue to increase, they've become an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drug prices are much more than a casual concern for New Yorkers. As prices continue to increase, they've become an obstacle to being able to live a healthy life. This survey shows not only that high drug costs are a problem, but that people expect their legislators to do something about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18640]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46030]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a great night, a great Lanthorne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49997]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a great night, a great Lanthorne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46356]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43928]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect  The thoughts of others! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6170]]></link><description><![CDATA[O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect  The thoughts of others!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to "get in touch with your feelings," fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15557]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to "get in touch with your feelings," fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to communicate with another thinking human being, get in touch with your thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28037]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men have not been concerned with fame. The joy of achievement that comes from finding something new in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men have not been concerned with fame. The joy of achievement that comes from finding something new in the universe is by far their greatest joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An inch in missing is as bad as an ell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48975]]></link><description><![CDATA[An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58662]]></link><description><![CDATA[have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A living dog is better than a dead lion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48562]]></link><description><![CDATA[A living dog is better than a dead lion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19700]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This kind of meeting has tremendous value and importance because it brings the community together to talk about the issues. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42289]]></link><description><![CDATA[This kind of meeting has tremendous value and importance because it brings the community together to talk about the issues. We're not here to point fingers ... (but) to look at data and see what's happening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31492]]></link><description><![CDATA[People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. It's not viewed as a serious continent. It's a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people don't do what common sense demands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3552]]></link><description><![CDATA[All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We looked at a whole host of demographics in cities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37322]]></link><description><![CDATA[We looked at a whole host of demographics in cities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5393]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good intentions are at least, the seed of good actions; and every one ought to sow them, and leave It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good intentions are at least, the seed of good actions; and every one ought to sow them, and leave It to the soil and the seasons whether He or any other gather they fruit]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told you, sir, they were redhot with drinking; So full of valor that they smote the air  For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told you, sir, they were redhot with drinking; So full of valor that they smote the air  For breathing in their faces, beat the ground,   For kissing of their feet; yet always bending    Towards their project.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50207</guid></item></channel></rss>