<?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[Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a distinct possibility that the local taxpayer will get overwhelmed by the number of referendums. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38762]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a distinct possibility that the local taxpayer will get overwhelmed by the number of referendums.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right--that will do for the marines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right--that will do for the marines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14310]]></link><description><![CDATA[May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2443]]></link><description><![CDATA[About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37479]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to have more enthusiasm to bring graft cases out into the open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27680]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5455]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your flag and my flag, And how it flies today  In your land and my land   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your flag and my flag, And how it flies today  In your land and my land   And half a world away!    Rose-red and blood-red     The stripes forever gleam;      Snow-white and soul-white--       The good forefathers' dream;        Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to gleam aright--         The gloried guidon of the day, a shelter through the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51626]]></link><description><![CDATA[No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14737]]></link><description><![CDATA[What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4885]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many kids. When school?s out, it all goes away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33386]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many kids. When school?s out, it all goes away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32088]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10525]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really think, I just walk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13034]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really think, I just walk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year we surprised a lot of people. I'm happy now that it's done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40323]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year we surprised a lot of people. I'm happy now that it's done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19683]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we get out in the open court, there's some unbelievable things the girls have done this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we get out in the open court, there's some unbelievable things the girls have done this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This storm is far from over. We can't take anything for granted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38114]]></link><description><![CDATA[This storm is far from over. We can't take anything for granted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47707]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/958]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25312]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55777]]></link><description><![CDATA[To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death takes the good, too good to stay, And leaves the bad, too bad to take away ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death takes the good, too good to stay, And leaves the bad, too bad to take away]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15627]]></link><description><![CDATA[So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invite the rook who high amid the boughs, In early spring, his airy city builds,  And ceaseless caws amusive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Invite the rook who high amid the boughs, In early spring, his airy city builds,  And ceaseless caws amusive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire.  Is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61422]]></link><description><![CDATA[What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire.  Is this too little?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. -King Richard II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55811]]></link><description><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little wind that hardly shook The silver of the sleeping brook  Blew the gold hair about her eyes,-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18594]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little wind that hardly shook The silver of the sleeping brook  Blew the gold hair about her eyes,--   A mystery of mysteries.    So he must often pause, and stoop,     An all the wanton ringlets loop      Behind her dainty ear--emprise       Of slow event and many sighs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fund doing it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a spirit of all compact of fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a spirit of all compact of fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I was at fault, I could see paying. But I wasn't . I told the guys at work, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32337]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I was at fault, I could see paying. But I wasn't . I told the guys at work, if you're even close to an accident, get out of there because you're going to get a bill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience has taught me that you have to improve all the time-little bit by little bit-and not keeping starting everything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience has taught me that you have to improve all the time-little bit by little bit-and not keeping starting everything from new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20844]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7749]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul, or sink low, then we hear these whisperings of God. He is always whispering to us, only we do not always hear, because of the noise, hurry, and distraction which life causes as it rushes on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. [Lat., Iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45875]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. [Lat., Iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say;  Stops every fool that passes by,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say;  Stops every fool that passes by,   And frights the school-boy from his play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14483</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[Beauty awakens the soul to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty awakens the soul to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64257</guid></item></channel></rss>