<?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[Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are governed not by armies, but by ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9540]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19285]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by a common hatred of it's neighbours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2507]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by a common hatred of it's neighbours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33585]]></link><description><![CDATA[It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's physical hunger does not prove that that man will get any bread; he may die of starvation on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8552]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's physical hunger does not prove that that man will get any bread; he may die of starvation on a raft in the Atlantic. But surely a man's hunger does prove that he comes of a race which repairs its body by eating, and inhabits a world where eatable substances exist. In the same way, though I do not believe (I wish I did) that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will. A man may love a women and not win her; but it would be very odd if the phenomenon called "falling in love" occurred in a sexless world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23310]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My son's death meant nothing to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42668]]></link><description><![CDATA[My son's death meant nothing to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45009]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is the behavior people take under the pressure of survival. This is misconstrued as looting, as thievery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30049]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is the behavior people take under the pressure of survival. This is misconstrued as looting, as thievery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,  Where'er the surge may sweep, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12063]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,  Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6523]]></link><description><![CDATA[The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not only a new house to build up, but an old one to pull down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10374]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's only one way you can fail, and that's to quit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13360]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd have to see it on replay, but all I was trying to do was get to the front of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40032]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd have to see it on replay, but all I was trying to do was get to the front of the net and establish position. I didn't feel much of anything, and the puck was in the net, and then all the sudden, I see them waving, so it was frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to the mountains is going home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to the mountains is going home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy /common clay, if you like /eating, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy /common clay, if you like /eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ordinary people; people you can't imagine dead. And then there are the others /the noble ones, the heroes. The ones you can quite well imagine lying shot, pale and tragic; one minute triumphant with a guard of honor, and the next being marched away between two gendarmes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12326]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are finding, more and more, children are isolated from nature. Going to the Laguna is a big deal for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41986]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are finding, more and more, children are isolated from nature. Going to the Laguna is a big deal for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15518]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could not think of it. He began to get frightened, and that is bad for thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everytime you decide to settle for less, you deprive yourself of opportunities to soar and make your life a blessing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everytime you decide to settle for less, you deprive yourself of opportunities to soar and make your life a blessing to others...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings about these long European stages. Unlike some of our rivals we had no problems with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41118]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings about these long European stages. Unlike some of our rivals we had no problems with the windscreen misting over when it rained in October. But I think the problems could arise tomorrow if it rains. If it is really muddy on the second stage it could be dangerous; if you slide or lose traction, that is where the problems begin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18437]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1455]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suffering brings experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suffering brings experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That kid was aggressive. He came after Terence, but Terence stepped it up and did his job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28351]]></link><description><![CDATA[That kid was aggressive. He came after Terence, but Terence stepped it up and did his job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is an event, never a person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is an event, never a person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet;  Should the big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet;  Should the big last extend the shoe too wide,   Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside;    The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein,     The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain;      And when too short the modish shoes are worn,       You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24922]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 The deaf may hear the Saviour's voice, The fettered tongue its chains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 The deaf may hear the Saviour's voice, The fettered tongue its chains may break; But the deaf heart, the dumb by choice, The laggard soul that will not wake, The guilt that scorns to be forgiven -- These baffle e'en the spells of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49130]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Might does not make right, it only makes history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Might does not make right, it only makes history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists who follow after genius - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars are caused by undefended wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars are caused by undefended wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was outstanding all around. She was spiking from the back row. She was consistent in all aspects of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42642]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was outstanding all around. She was spiking from the back row. She was consistent in all aspects of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12313]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, then, what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18087]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, then, what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy. - Paradoxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy. - Paradoxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see, the jewel best enamelled Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still  That others touch, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see, the jewel best enamelled Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still  That others touch, and often touching will   Wear gold; and no man that hath a name,    By falsehood and corruption doth it shame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest thing here is what inventories are looking like and what demand is looking like for the first quarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest thing here is what inventories are looking like and what demand is looking like for the first quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19466</guid></item></channel></rss>