<?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[Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24048]]></link><description><![CDATA[All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13320]]></link><description><![CDATA[True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since when was genius found respectable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since when was genius found respectable?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the meantime, the data on the US economy (especially employment and industrial production) will look very weak in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40736]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the meantime, the data on the US economy (especially employment and industrial production) will look very weak in the next few months,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so? She smiled, and said: I know full well, my son, that all you say is true. I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can. No arguments will give courage to the coward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12800]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40218]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope I can be forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, how full of briers is this working-day world! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62143]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, how full of briers is this working-day world!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15650]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945   Come to the Bible, not to study the history of God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945   Come to the Bible, not to study the history of God's divine action, but to be its object; not to learn what it has achieved throughout the centuries and still does, but simply to be the subject of its operation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know I had to have myself checked regularly because I want to be healthy -- the older you get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40073]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know I had to have myself checked regularly because I want to be healthy -- the older you get the less you know what is inside your body. You have to be checked to make sure nothing is going wrong ... There is nothing to be afraid of. It's something that, if you catch it early enough, you can avoid more complicated problems in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23213]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them 'disease of the week' movies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's been a very real structural shift, primarily in manufacturing employment, as a result of outsourcing and earlier capital investment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40334]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's been a very real structural shift, primarily in manufacturing employment, as a result of outsourcing and earlier capital investment that has increased productivity. They're making employment act differently in this upturn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62723]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We definitely don't believe that this was an accident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36652]]></link><description><![CDATA[We definitely don't believe that this was an accident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12351]]></link><description><![CDATA[In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You feel bad about it for a while. But the way the schedule is, you have to move on quickly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37350]]></link><description><![CDATA[You feel bad about it for a while. But the way the schedule is, you have to move on quickly because there is another game in two days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26631]]></link><description><![CDATA[The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.  Let them sail for Porto Rique,   Far-off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.  Let them sail for Porto Rique,   Far-off heats through seas to seek.    I will follow thee alone,     Thou animated torrid-zone!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57362]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58828]]></link><description><![CDATA[And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63399]]></link><description><![CDATA[A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's worked very hard on all fronts in the state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36491]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's worked very hard on all fronts in the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47158]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square person has squeezed himself into the round hole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a physician, Senator Frist has a moral calling to save lives and alleviate suffering. He joins Nancy Reagan, dozens ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17015]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a physician, Senator Frist has a moral calling to save lives and alleviate suffering. He joins Nancy Reagan, dozens of Nobel Laureates, thousands of scientists, and millions of patients across the nation in calling for an end to the restrictions that have shackled the search for new cures. I applaud his courage in putting patients over politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is the only true nobility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is the only true nobility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29465]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66203]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our main goal is to accelerate their educations, ... But we hope that after they go to college, they'll return ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our main goal is to accelerate their educations, ... But we hope that after they go to college, they'll return to make their homes and careers in Texas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8676]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the realm of thought every person performs innumerable abortions each minute of the waking day ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/124]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the realm of thought every person performs innumerable abortions each minute of the waking day]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man alive can say, "This shall not happen to me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42389]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man alive can say, "This shall not happen to me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to find your perfect match is to meet love halfway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find your perfect match is to meet love halfway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47992]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early yesterday morning, Dole approached the port to see if we could do anything in advance of that 30th of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early yesterday morning, Dole approached the port to see if we could do anything in advance of that 30th of September date, and all of the agencies, all of the service providers came together and we were able to receive the ship this morning around 10:30.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33755</guid></item></channel></rss>