<?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[Makes a swan-like end, Fading in music. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Makes a swan-like end, Fading in music. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adultery is the application of democracy to love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adultery is the application of democracy to love]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Baron's retainers were blithe and gay, And keeping their Christmas holiday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8624]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Baron's retainers were blithe and gay, And keeping their Christmas holiday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66071]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be envied than pitied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14012]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be envied than pitied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme  In misery; such joy ambition finds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50663]]></link><description><![CDATA[With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme  In misery; such joy ambition finds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, there are always those who cannot distinguish between glitter and glamour . . . the glamour of Isadora Duncan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, there are always those who cannot distinguish between glitter and glamour . . . the glamour of Isadora Duncan came from her great, torn, bewildered, foolhardy soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are absolute individuals, with their own ideas about everything, including the people they own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are absolute individuals, with their own ideas about everything, including the people they own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64661]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45932]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is certain when it comes to the ways of women, of that I'm sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is certain when it comes to the ways of women, of that I'm sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy and persistence alter all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy and persistence alter all things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11719]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market has gone berserk. Forget about rational valuations, price-earning ratios and growth fundamentals, we have turned into a frenzied ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market has gone berserk. Forget about rational valuations, price-earning ratios and growth fundamentals, we have turned into a frenzied mob in front of a roulette wheel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist took that picture and made a painting of Chris carrying the girl. It has the ruins of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31425]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist took that picture and made a painting of Chris carrying the girl. It has the ruins of the Trade Center in the background. It's a great painting. I was lucky to get a lithograph of the painting. That picture has made its way around the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64167]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come inwhen deep down inside they know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come inwhen deep down inside they know it has never left port.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18732]]></link><description><![CDATA[If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle  [Ger., Die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle  [Ger., Die Botschaft hor' ich wohl, allein mir fehlt der Glaube;   Das Wunder ist des Glaubens liebstes Kind.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19441]]></link><description><![CDATA[People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories are all we really own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memories are all we really own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, Held out in the smoke, like stars by day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, Held out in the smoke, like stars by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28164]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65758]]></link><description><![CDATA[One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there was a Metro station at City Center, this would be a completely different discussion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36383]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there was a Metro station at City Center, this would be a completely different discussion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know that we're willing to do that tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know that we're willing to do that tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16610]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66373]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19001]]></link><description><![CDATA[One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8886]]></link><description><![CDATA[A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We showed something by keeping the pressure on Houston the last four games. This team really came together. Guys really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30330]]></link><description><![CDATA[We showed something by keeping the pressure on Houston the last four games. This team really came together. Guys really pick each other up. We believed in each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15302]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45185]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it "freedom," but in the final analysis "freedom" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it "freedom," but in the final analysis "freedom" is a purely negative goal. It just says something is bad. Hippies weren't really offering any alternatives other than colorful short-term ones, and some of these were looking more and more like pure degeneracy. Degeneracy can be fun but it's hard to keep up as a serious lifetime occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even lessthan you settled for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even lessthan you settled for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5987]]></link><description><![CDATA[For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53104]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53104</guid></item></channel></rss>