<?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[The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10619]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20169]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego   Your future claims to each fantastic toe!    Waltz--Waltz alone--both legs and arms demands,     Liberal of feet, and lavish of her hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And more than echoes talk along the walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13298]]></link><description><![CDATA[And more than echoes talk along the walls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is your cold coquette, who can't say "No," And won't say "Yes," and keeps you on and off-ing  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is your cold coquette, who can't say "No," And won't say "Yes," and keeps you on and off-ing  On a lee-shore, till it begins to blow,   Then sees your heart wreck'd, with an inward scoffing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our offense and defense struggled. We have put ourselves in a hole by losing our first two district games. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our offense and defense struggled. We have put ourselves in a hole by losing our first two district games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25441]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20389]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assume a virtue if you have it not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assume a virtue if you have it not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind. [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind. [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a test of trust-building. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40299]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a test of trust-building.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things orbidden have a secret charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things orbidden have a secret charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65314]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why thrust your kid into that? You try to protect them from all the bad people out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why thrust your kid into that? You try to protect them from all the bad people out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me play the fool; With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me play the fool; With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them learn first to show pity at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them learn first to show pity at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise,  And interpret your device,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise,  And interpret your device,   . . . .    All things wait for and divine him,--     How shall I dare to malign him?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret forthe things we did not do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret forthe things we did not do that is inconsolable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody loves you when they are about to cum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody loves you when they are about to cum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some complicated rhythms. I've had to slowly work through it and subdivide the music and do it over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42664]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some complicated rhythms. I've had to slowly work through it and subdivide the music and do it over and over to make sure that when I get it up to tempo it actually sounds right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose an author as you choose a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose an author as you choose a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merchant has no country ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merchant has no country]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42321]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew we would find a different Notre Dame team than the one we played at their place. I knew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35488]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew we would find a different Notre Dame team than the one we played at their place. I knew we would have to play a lot better than we did there. Our post players came up really big. It went exactly the way I thought it would except for the last five or six minutes, considering the kind of week we had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast;  The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4398]]></link><description><![CDATA[But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast;  The breath of Heaven must swell the sail,   Or all the toil is lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blind eate many a flie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blind eate many a flie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62479]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm excited to be part of this generation. Good for Candace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29070]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm excited to be part of this generation. Good for Candace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46878]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's overtime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is apromissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is apromissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57808]]></link><description><![CDATA[A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13518]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13518</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[Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's first creature, which was light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53694]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's first creature, which was light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeatof habit by originality, overcomes everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeatof habit by originality, overcomes everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51507]]></link><description><![CDATA[For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every year near the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is best]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53451</guid></item></channel></rss>