<?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[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42880]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In poison there is no physic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51304]]></link><description><![CDATA[In poison there is no physic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character, the counsels, and example of our Washington . . . they will guide us through the doubts and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character, the counsels, and example of our Washington . . . they will guide us through the doubts and difficulties that beset us; they will guide our children and our children's children in the paths of prosperity and peace, while America shall hold her place in the family of nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is not determined by majority vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is not determined by majority vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The elegance of honesty needs no adornment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich with the spoils of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich with the spoils of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55082]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure there are poets which did never dream Upon Parnassus, nor did taste the stream  Of Helicon; we therefore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure there are poets which did never dream Upon Parnassus, nor did taste the stream  Of Helicon; we therefore may suppose   Those made not poets, but the poets those.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sign of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36635]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sign of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the corporate perspective, open source is a means, not an end, and if you confuse those you're going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34574]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the corporate perspective, open source is a means, not an end, and if you confuse those you're going to have problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to move to a countywide system. I have real concerns about how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to move to a countywide system. I have real concerns about how frequently the revenues would be distributed and what sort of accountability there would be in getting proper distribution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4706]]></link><description><![CDATA[If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22038]]></link><description><![CDATA[I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot make them at home for any less. And I still give cookies away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us make an honourable retreat. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us make an honourable retreat. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back of the boy is Wilson, Pledge of his high degree,  Back of the boy is Lincoln,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back of the boy is Wilson, Pledge of his high degree,  Back of the boy is Lincoln,   Lincoln and Grant and Lee;    Back of the boy is Jackson,     Jackson and Tippecanoe,      Back of each son is Washington,       And the old red, white and blue!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I do not know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24839]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I do not know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weight justly and sell dearely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weight justly and sell dearely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51610]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had neither seen it nor knew anything about the notices, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38771]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had neither seen it nor knew anything about the notices,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise day at night, and life at the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise day at night, and life at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2867]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the first Tuesday in August. The Nebraska heat rolled in upon one like the engulfing waves of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4637]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the first Tuesday in August. The Nebraska heat rolled in upon one like the engulfing waves of a dry sea,--a thick material substance against which one seemed to push when moving about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough: I've done my duty, and I've done no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13053]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough: I've done my duty, and I've done no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you realize that it is quitepossible that you are whatyou say you are, you maywant to consider watchingyour thoughts.When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34407]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you realize that it is quitepossible that you are whatyou say you are, you maywant to consider watchingyour thoughts.When you watch them,you are likely to findthat - just like littlechildren - they can, and do,play tricks on us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what books he read.   - Ralph ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53009]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what books he read.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55498]]></link><description><![CDATA[He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66587]]></link><description><![CDATA[My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32632]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45350]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4773]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4773</guid></item></channel></rss>