<?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[In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1216]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. - The Books in My Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2201]]></link><description><![CDATA[That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. [Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20337]]></link><description><![CDATA[That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. [Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That sounds great to me. I want that. I want to show what I can do and showcase my talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29725]]></link><description><![CDATA[That sounds great to me. I want that. I want to show what I can do and showcase my talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2643]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You learn to put your emotional luggage where it will do some good, instead of using it to shit on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2127]]></link><description><![CDATA[You learn to put your emotional luggage where it will do some good, instead of using it to shit on other people, or blow up aeroplanes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47139]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making units, the structuring of their incentives, and the counterbalancing of the units against one another, rather than on the more usual (and more exciting) principle of substituting "the good guys" for "the bad guys.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's OK. We don't worry about rankings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38922]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's OK. We don't worry about rankings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46778]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, "Oh, just let me enjoy the poem.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22115]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is very uncommon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is very uncommon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14109]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is reason gone mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is reason gone mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will loose your sense of solitude on days when all the boaters come streaming by, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33906]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will loose your sense of solitude on days when all the boaters come streaming by,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10642]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65448]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62803]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I keep step to the music of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45769]]></link><description><![CDATA[We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I keep step to the music of the Union.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every now and then say, 'What the f***.' 'What the f*** gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every now and then say, 'What the f***.' 'What the f*** gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're coming into this town full force and we're going to take care of this problem like we did the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38229]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're coming into this town full force and we're going to take care of this problem like we did the drug and the graffiti problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13724]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait At the portcullis, at thy castle gate,  Longing to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56609]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait At the portcullis, at thy castle gate,  Longing to see the charmed door of dreams   Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53767]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17729]]></link><description><![CDATA[There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.   - John Ruskin, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.   - John Ruskin,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48651]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18916]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53338]]></link><description><![CDATA[They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In winter, places look very different, and it gives a feeling of exploration. It rejuvenates you for the coming week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29032]]></link><description><![CDATA[In winter, places look very different, and it gives a feeling of exploration. It rejuvenates you for the coming week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4314]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20013]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I play, I feel like in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58958]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I play, I feel like in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be a celebration of his life, because that's what he wanted, a big old party, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35604]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be a celebration of his life, because that's what he wanted, a big old party,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12705]]></link><description><![CDATA[God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12705</guid></item></channel></rss>