<?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[Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the least in want who is the least covetous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51604]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the least in want who is the least covetous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1915]]></link><description><![CDATA[To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you live in reaction, you give your power away. Then you get to experience what you gave your power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24918]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you live in reaction, you give your power away. Then you get to experience what you gave your power to. -N Smith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We meet thee, like a pleasant thought, When such are wanted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10999]]></link><description><![CDATA[We meet thee, like a pleasant thought, When such are wanted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently learnt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51185]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently learnt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52322]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the art of thinking with sounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the art of thinking with sounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I liked the look in Carolyn's eyes when she started the second half. She walked out on the court, hit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37157]]></link><description><![CDATA[I liked the look in Carolyn's eyes when she started the second half. She walked out on the court, hit that first 3 and gave us that sense of confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel oft proclaims the man,   And they in France of the best rank and station    Are of a most select and generous chief in that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29401]]></link><description><![CDATA[No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6040]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20421]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades! Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades! Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16181]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11759]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think you're seeing chaos, basically. No matter how you cut it, it's very poor project design and implementation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28945]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think you're seeing chaos, basically. No matter how you cut it, it's very poor project design and implementation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balance is the enemy of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Balance is the enemy of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["You are too free spoken," is your constant remark to me, Choerilus. He who speaks against you, Choerilus, is indeed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14064]]></link><description><![CDATA["You are too free spoken," is your constant remark to me, Choerilus. He who speaks against you, Choerilus, is indeed a free speaker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker. The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine M anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The total number of eligible voters is 15.5 million, ... and we expect the turn-out to reach 11 or 12 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The total number of eligible voters is 15.5 million, ... and we expect the turn-out to reach 11 or 12 million.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The little waves, with their soft, white hands,    Efface the footprints in the sands,     And the tide rises, the tide falls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. [Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. [Lat., Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi aestimo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All heart they live, all head, all eye, all ear, All intellect, all sense, and as they please  They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2785]]></link><description><![CDATA[All heart they live, all head, all eye, all ear, All intellect, all sense, and as they please  They limb themselves, and colour, shape, or size,   Assume, as likes them best, condense or rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either I will find a way, or I will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either I will find a way, or I will make one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age considers; youth ventures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age considers; youth ventures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62537]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62537</guid></item></channel></rss>