<?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[To be truly selfish one needs a degree of self-esteem. The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52297]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be truly selfish one needs a degree of self-esteem. The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unattainable, envy takes the place of greed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10376]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43941]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. - The Writings of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22143]]></link><description><![CDATA[We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. - The Writings of Madame Swetchine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33881]]></link><description><![CDATA[The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends on the oppression of others, that for some to have good lives there must be others whose lives are truncated and brutal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23976]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8865]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift, increases with travel and gains strength by its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift, increases with travel and gains strength by its progress. [Lat., Fama, malum quo non aliud velocius ullum,  Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is overdoing the thing to die for love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21939]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is overdoing the thing to die for love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But whether on the scaffold high, Or in the battle's van,  The fittest place where man can die  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11177]]></link><description><![CDATA[But whether on the scaffold high, Or in the battle's van,  The fittest place where man can die   Is where he dies for man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is sweet in the beginning but bitter in the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9099]]></link><description><![CDATA[A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27284]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad. [Lat., O major tandem parcas, insane, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad. [Lat., O major tandem parcas, insane, minori.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.  He only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47763]]></link><description><![CDATA[My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.  He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For violent fires soon burn out themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51501]]></link><description><![CDATA[For violent fires soon burn out themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival folly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16340]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you must realize is that the kids are always teenagers - but he's an angel, so he's ageless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35104]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you must realize is that the kids are always teenagers - but he's an angel, so he's ageless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. [Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11532]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. [Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice au mensonge.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,   Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camp was stormed about 4 a.m. this morning. They were repelled by Bangladeshi soldiers ... I know there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41542]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camp was stormed about 4 a.m. this morning. They were repelled by Bangladeshi soldiers ... I know there are four from among the attackers (who were killed).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63078]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10426]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64877]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People wait for opportunity to come along...yet it is there everymorning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22331]]></link><description><![CDATA[People wait for opportunity to come along...yet it is there everymorning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should be religious, not superstitious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48982]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should be religious, not superstitious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way people make decisions about cell phones is still about cheap minutes, good coverage at home and a free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way people make decisions about cell phones is still about cheap minutes, good coverage at home and a free handset.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12391]]></link><description><![CDATA[The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diego: I'm... sorry I set you up. Sid: Ah, you know me, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diego: I'm... sorry I set you up. Sid: Ah, you know me, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Every single time a sacrament is celebrated, God takes action, there and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7689]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Every single time a sacrament is celebrated, God takes action, there and then -- does something, not on Calvary, but in that church. And what He does is to come to each soul partaking in the Sacrament and to assure it that He stands to the best and biggest of His promises and to the fullness of His grace in Christ... de-universalizes the Scriptures and individualizes them, makes them a personal promise, couched no longer in general terms but offered to very you and very me, as individually as if they covered no other but referred to you and me alone. We may be cold and dead and unresponsive. None the less, something happens in the Sacrament. For God stands to His side of the Covenant, whether we stand to ours or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54757]]></link><description><![CDATA[The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has left Pakistan feeling exposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65649]]></link><description><![CDATA[A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think lots of people will be out there today. This is a stage in a movement that is growing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think lots of people will be out there today. This is a stage in a movement that is growing and that no politician can ignore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biography is the only true history ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Biography is the only true history]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48281]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dawn: When men of reason go to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11112</guid></item></channel></rss>