<?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[Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,and things are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,and things are not what they seem.Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou art; to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forehead is the gate of the mind. [Lat., Frons est animi janua.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forehead is the gate of the mind. [Lat., Frons est animi janua.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bluebird carries the sky on his back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bluebird carries the sky on his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48970]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50341]]></link><description><![CDATA[The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47870]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy and the FilbertsA boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the FilbertsA boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher. Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment. A bystander said to him, Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand. Do not attempt too much at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21166]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,  Lest I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,  Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so   Who art not missed by any that entreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime rot and consume themselves in little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime rot and consume themselves in little time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot say the crow is white, But needs must call a spade a spade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43650]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot say the crow is white, But needs must call a spade a spade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are different kinds of love, but they all have the same aim: possession ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47774]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are different kinds of love, but they all have the same aim: possession]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is singularly unequipped to beat these people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37557]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is singularly unequipped to beat these people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for me?' and she would answer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11100]]></link><description><![CDATA[My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for me?' and she would answer, 'Don't worry about finding the right woman- concentrate on becoming the right man.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every fool will be meddling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every fool will be meddling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People see a half-mile of clean road and think they can drive 75, and that's just not the case. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31267]]></link><description><![CDATA[People see a half-mile of clean road and think they can drive 75, and that's just not the case. They need to slow down and be careful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36217]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59820]]></link><description><![CDATA[...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the well-established supremacy doctrine, as well as the federal monopoly in immigration matters, the attorney general is under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32892]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the well-established supremacy doctrine, as well as the federal monopoly in immigration matters, the attorney general is under no obligation to heed this invalid order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's a jailhouse snitch who stole my client's stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29212]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's a jailhouse snitch who stole my client's stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk, Sipped brandy and water gayly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk, Sipped brandy and water gayly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend discovering his virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went from a barber to cattleman, out of cattle into horses. The rest is history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40664]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went from a barber to cattleman, out of cattle into horses. The rest is history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[who tries to keep the Civil War at bay and his family safe as the battle spreads and threatens their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31429]]></link><description><![CDATA[who tries to keep the Civil War at bay and his family safe as the battle spreads and threatens their very existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[because that was the only way they felt they could survive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33571]]></link><description><![CDATA[because that was the only way they felt they could survive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52393]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11421]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental abilities and the prevailing state of scientific thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24023]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See where she comes, apparelled like the spring, Graces her subjects, and her thoughts the king  Of every virtue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2759]]></link><description><![CDATA[See where she comes, apparelled like the spring, Graces her subjects, and her thoughts the king  Of every virtue gives renown to men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep my fingers crossed because still nothing is accepted, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28839]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep my fingers crossed because still nothing is accepted,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They do me wrong who say I come no more, When once I know and fail to find you in; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45079]]></link><description><![CDATA[They do me wrong who say I come no more, When once I know and fail to find you in;  For every day I stand outside your door   And bid you wait, and rise to fight and win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never buy shoes early in the day when your feet are their smallest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never buy shoes early in the day when your feet are their smallest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61772]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of things that could have gone into it, so to speculate would be wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42471]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of things that could have gone into it, so to speculate would be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and... SNAP! The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39325]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and... SNAP! The job's a game!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jazz is the folk music of the machine age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jazz is the folk music of the machine age]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64395</guid></item></channel></rss>