<?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 rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53098]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20471]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the end of his life, by the look of it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29901]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the end of his life, by the look of it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63516]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16847]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child correct behind and not before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child correct behind and not before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love , if you have it , you don't need anything else...and if you don't have it , it harldy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love , if you have it , you don't need anything else...and if you don't have it , it harldy matters what else you have .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66197]]></link><description><![CDATA[I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comics continue to have a pretty bad [reputation]. They're often lumped in with TV and video games. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comics continue to have a pretty bad [reputation]. They're often lumped in with TV and video games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is a fearful thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is a fearful thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole thing goes back to the presence of God. You need to be in a state of decorum. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole thing goes back to the presence of God. You need to be in a state of decorum. You must ask yourself: How would God like to see me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54241]]></link><description><![CDATA[But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gives twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]   - credited to Publius Syrus Mimus, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17451]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gives twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]   - credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major streets are littered with bodies of people killed today, most of them northerners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Major streets are littered with bodies of people killed today, most of them northerners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where hast thou wandered. gentle gale, to find The perfumes thou dost bring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where hast thou wandered. gentle gale, to find The perfumes thou dost bring?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of them are starting at an even playing field. They've never played the game. These girls only have got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of them are starting at an even playing field. They've never played the game. These girls only have got a couple weeks of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66812]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Regan, she hath tied Sharp-toothed unkindness, like a vulture, here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60266]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Regan, she hath tied Sharp-toothed unkindness, like a vulture, here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34755]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes life has a way of putting us on our backs to force us to look up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes life has a way of putting us on our backs to force us to look up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this is going do extremely well. They'll pack the place, I don't think there is any doubt about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this is going do extremely well. They'll pack the place, I don't think there is any doubt about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Bush's strong effort in the state] is probably not going to help him win in California, which at this point ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42440]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Bush's strong effort in the state] is probably not going to help him win in California, which at this point seems extremely unlikely, ... But it may force Gore to commit some more resources here to really try to solidify his California Latino base.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, Just about everything you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what youhave given away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what youhave given away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12303]]></link><description><![CDATA[The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit:  For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,   We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit:  For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,   We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,    Which in success oft disinherits,     For spurious causes, noblest merits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be. But, before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the court didn't think this (Texas) was materially different from the Pennsylvania case, they wouldn't have taken it up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42137]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the court didn't think this (Texas) was materially different from the Pennsylvania case, they wouldn't have taken it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew it was the end of the game and that's what you have to do to win. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew it was the end of the game and that's what you have to do to win. You don't stop playing until there are zeros on the clock. It was an effort play and I know that's a big thing around here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33510</guid></item></channel></rss>