<?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 secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure insteadof having pain and pleasure use you. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure insteadof having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control ofyour life. If you don't, life controls you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willingness opens the doors to knowledge, direction, and achievement.Be willing to know, be willing to do, be willing to create ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Willingness opens the doors to knowledge, direction, and achievement.Be willing to know, be willing to do, be willing to create a positiveresult. Be willing, especially, to follow your dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh my debt of praise, how weighty is it, and how far run up! Oh that others would lend me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh my debt of praise, how weighty is it, and how far run up! Oh that others would lend me to pay, and teach me to praise!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part,  Bold in the practice of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26706]]></link><description><![CDATA[So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part,  Bold in the practice of mistaken rules,   Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our days and nights Have sorrows woven with delights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our days and nights Have sorrows woven with delights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56637]]></link><description><![CDATA[To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5822]]></link><description><![CDATA[So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!  What freezings have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/159]]></link><description><![CDATA[How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!  What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!   What old December's bareness everywhere!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love can cure heartbreaks, misfortune, or tragedy. It is the eternal companion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love can cure heartbreaks, misfortune, or tragedy. It is the eternal companion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Cleaner air] has been a pretty clear directive from our elected leaders and our customers. We know that our car-crazed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37326]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Cleaner air] has been a pretty clear directive from our elected leaders and our customers. We know that our car-crazed culture contributes to [air pollution] in a big way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anywhere I go, no matter where he's at, I never had a chance to beat him before. This is my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anywhere I go, no matter where he's at, I never had a chance to beat him before. This is my first time beating him, and it feels great my senior year to beat Spurrier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59182]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is listening until you make a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28030]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is listening until you make a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28030</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[Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2292]]></link><description><![CDATA[One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't believe it because we have the best record in the county and we were seeded 10th. We're just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't believe it because we have the best record in the county and we were seeded 10th. We're just going to prove them wrong, that we should've gotten a higher seed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step to eternal life, is you have to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step to eternal life, is you have to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,   Rememb'red tolling a departing friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes time, it takes manpower, it takes aircraft, ships, to verify this. That's why we are calling on all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34275]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes time, it takes manpower, it takes aircraft, ships, to verify this. That's why we are calling on all citizens to help the government, to help the military, to help the police in providing information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right as a trivet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right as a trivet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're as likely to get through to him if you burble mindlessly at him whilst tossing geraniums standing on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17598]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're as likely to get through to him if you burble mindlessly at him whilst tossing geraniums standing on a garden gnome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously guilty because they believe their victories are coming at the expense of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents  The armorers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents  The armorers accomplishing the knights,   With busy hammers closing rivets up,    Give dreadful note of preparation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark, that you always carry in your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark, that you always carry in your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sculpture is more than painting. It is greater To raise the dead to life than to create  Phantoms that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sculpture is more than painting. It is greater To raise the dead to life than to create  Phantoms that seem to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33585]]></link><description><![CDATA[It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies:  Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26374]]></link><description><![CDATA[With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies:  Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries,   Bidding her earliest child arise;    March!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17151]]></link><description><![CDATA[No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get people excited and there's a trickle-down effect. Just the names create interest. Robert Cray (who will perform at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38524]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get people excited and there's a trickle-down effect. Just the names create interest. Robert Cray (who will perform at the Grand in August), and national artists like that, I love seeing that kind of stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our commander said the Viet Cong are farmers by day.. guerillas by night. Look for those who are tired. So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our commander said the Viet Cong are farmers by day.. guerillas by night. Look for those who are tired. So anyone who yawned was getting popped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54630]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is much safer to obey, than to govern. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44731]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is much safer to obey, than to govern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's God--I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17719]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's God--I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17719</guid></item></channel></rss>