<?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[The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice  Of one, who from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice  Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims   Tidings of good to Zion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a devil in every berry of the grape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50540]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a devil in every berry of the grape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22807]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. -Joseph Addison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,  Without one fool or flatterer at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61371]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,  Without one fool or flatterer at your board,   Without one hour of sickness or disgust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave find a home in every land. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave find a home in every land. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4563]]></link><description><![CDATA[The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Larger U.S. retailers have recognized for a number of years that the domestic market is mature. In order to grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Larger U.S. retailers have recognized for a number of years that the domestic market is mature. In order to grow sales, they have to look outside of the U.S.. China, however, is a big emerging opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37974]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly the lesson from the Genesis crash, which was apparently caused by parts incorrectly installed, is that you've got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly the lesson from the Genesis crash, which was apparently caused by parts incorrectly installed, is that you've got to be meticulous in your engineering. And that's certainly going to be the case for Mars. We are going to have to design any return spacecraft from Mars so that it can handle a hard landing, such as we saw for Genesis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to offend a New Yorker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43116]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To relinquish any of the Psalms on the excuse that its sentiments are too violent for a Christian is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6402]]></link><description><![CDATA[To relinquish any of the Psalms on the excuse that its sentiments are too violent for a Christian is a clear sign that a person has also given up the very battle that a Christian is summoned to fight. The Psalms are prayers for those who are engaged in an ongoing, spiritual conflict. No one else need bother even opening the book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home at Weston-super-Mare ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40156]]></link><description><![CDATA[No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home at Weston-super-Mare]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,  And say, within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,  And say, within the moonlight in his room,   Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,    An angel, writing in a book of gold;     Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,      And to the presence in the room he said--       "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head,        And, with a look made all of sweet accord,         Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60931]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46308]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which I don't think most people realize for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58918]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really not the bling king, ... I'm the No. 1 supplier and designer for bling kings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really not the bling king, ... I'm the No. 1 supplier and designer for bling kings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being in charge of a lot of people like that, it's a hard thing to do, so it has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being in charge of a lot of people like that, it's a hard thing to do, so it has a pretty big significance. His dad has to do everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The white sail of his soul has rounded The promontory--death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11164]]></link><description><![CDATA[The white sail of his soul has rounded The promontory--death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jonathan Edwards - he has his faith, his health, his wife and his children, but more importantly, he has his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Edwards - he has his faith, his health, his wife and his children, but more importantly, he has his Olympic gold medal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much of anything is bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much of anything is bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.  My hand will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5318]]></link><description><![CDATA[His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.  My hand will miss the insinuated nose,   Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11974]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reagan is more powerful today than when he was president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reagan is more powerful today than when he was president.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10692]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his prince's person may be with one knife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his prince's person may be with one knife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think what makes this a good team is that the chemistry is great. Everybody shares the ball. Nobody cares ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think what makes this a good team is that the chemistry is great. Everybody shares the ball. Nobody cares how many shots they take. We make the extra pass. We don't have big egos on the team. That's the great thing. Everybody does their best to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14497]]></link><description><![CDATA[I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a vital community resource. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32447]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a vital community resource.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50074]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50074</guid></item></channel></rss>