<?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[It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10185]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger should never appear in awarding punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Re-examine all you have been told . . . Dismiss what insults your Soul. -Walt Whitman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Re-examine all you have been told . . . Dismiss what insults your Soul. -Walt Whitman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no darkness but ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20375]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no darkness but ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When gas prices go up, people turn their thermostats down. The higher prices affect us, too. It's been a hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When gas prices go up, people turn their thermostats down. The higher prices affect us, too. It's been a hard winter on us financially.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20122]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45626]]></link><description><![CDATA[I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work;  And nothing pleaseth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19575]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work;  And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who hesitates is probably right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21438]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who hesitates is probably right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25297]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26923]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to grow organically, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to grow organically,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44916]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43596]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would say it's four to one we've had more bad days than good days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32282]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would say it's four to one we've had more bad days than good days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am really proud of the kids. We were not hitting the open shots tonight but we kept fighting and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am really proud of the kids. We were not hitting the open shots tonight but we kept fighting and still had a chance. We wanted to win it all and this is a really disappointing way to end the season but it is a great accomplishment to get as far as we did and I am really proud of the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there begins a lang digression About the lords o' the creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3038]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there begins a lang digression About the lords o' the creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28748]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All my possessions for a moment of time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24148]]></link><description><![CDATA[All my possessions for a moment of time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14914]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60847]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do a lot more than they've done in the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a miracle. Everyone was telling us they were probably dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a miracle. Everyone was telling us they were probably dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in the world when we love it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65387]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in the world when we love it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then  Her Beauty and her Chivalry, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15589]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then  Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright   The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14168]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth...never comes into the world but like a Bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth...never comes into the world but like a Bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all Damned Things is the individual human being. The social engineers, statistician, psychologist, sociologists, market researchers, landlords, bureaucrats, captains of industry, bankers, governors, commissars, kings and presidents are perpetually forcing this Damned Thing into carefully prepared blueprints and perpetually irritated that the Damned Thing will not fit into the slot assigned it. The theologians call it a sinner and try to reform it. The governor calls it a criminal and tries to punish it. the psychologist calls it a neurotic and tries to cure it. Still, the Damned Thing will not fit into their slots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Lady of the Snows. [Lat., Notre Dames des Neiges.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Lady of the Snows. [Lat., Notre Dames des Neiges.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66797]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the MuleA muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1554]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the MuleA muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both well laden. The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear. He entreated his companion to relieve him of a small portion, that he might carry home the rest; but the Mule paid no attention to the request. The Ass shortly afterwards fell down dead under his burden. Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him. The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: I am treated according to my deserts. If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64956]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a shocking gasoline build...the crude build was bigger than expected and that should put down pressure on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28412]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a shocking gasoline build...the crude build was bigger than expected and that should put down pressure on the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58601]]></link><description><![CDATA[The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61192]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice is the reason of fools ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice is the reason of fools]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The image of NSA has been muddied considerably by this revelation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The image of NSA has been muddied considerably by this revelation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21883]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone looks so much better when they smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone looks so much better when they smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15895]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The interpretation of dreams is a great art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64990]]></link><description><![CDATA[The interpretation of dreams is a great art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires  And introduces hunger, frost, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires  And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,   Where peace and hospitality might reign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And see all sights from pole to pole And glance, and nod, and bustle by,  And never once possess ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57267]]></link><description><![CDATA[And see all sights from pole to pole And glance, and nod, and bustle by,  And never once possess our soul   Before we die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57267</guid></item></channel></rss>