<?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 abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15194]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. -- Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    This is true Christian resignation to God, which requires no more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    This is true Christian resignation to God, which requires no more to the support of it than such a plain assurance of the goodness of God as Abraham had of His veracity. And if you ask yourself what greater reason Abraham had to depend upon the Divine veracity than you have to depend upon the Divine goodness, you will find that none can be given.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast closed with double grills And triple gates--the cell  To wicked souls is hell;   But to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast closed with double grills And triple gates--the cell  To wicked souls is hell;   But to a mind that's innocent    'Tis only iron, wood and stone.     [Fr., Doubles grilles a gros cloux,      Triples portes, forts verroux,       Aux ames vraiment mechantes        Vous representez l'enfer;         Mais aux ames innocentes          Vous n'etes que du bois, des pierres, du fer.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46774]]></link><description><![CDATA[No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is tested in adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48956]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is tested in adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep levelwe can have or deserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22600]]></link><description><![CDATA[We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep levelwe can have or deserve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dont put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dont put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living is in this moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eight months out of the year you can play tournaments in Montana. There are tournaments everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eight months out of the year you can play tournaments in Montana. There are tournaments everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware how you take away hope from another human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware how you take away hope from another human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call on him to represent and respect his constituents, not further his own ego, as he is by remaining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36538]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call on him to represent and respect his constituents, not further his own ego, as he is by remaining totally out of touch in the Big Brother house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel respects Rev. Robertson and accepts his apology, which reflects his true friendship and support for the state of Israel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel respects Rev. Robertson and accepts his apology, which reflects his true friendship and support for the state of Israel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen, is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19961]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen, is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was totally shocked when I was told after the innings that I took only 81 balls and completed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39402]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was totally shocked when I was told after the innings that I took only 81 balls and completed the century.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say somethign. - Essays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show Her better eye, the farther off we go,  The swing of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27343]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show Her better eye, the farther off we go,  The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consciousness . . . is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consciousness . . . is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57233]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be prejudice... If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first season, we got three wins. I don't think we got more than six for my first 4-5 years. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36046]]></link><description><![CDATA[My first season, we got three wins. I don't think we got more than six for my first 4-5 years. Now, we've gotten almost 70 over the last five years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without a friend is death without a witness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life without a friend is death without a witness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is well said again, And 't is a kind of good deed to say well: And yet words are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56037]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is well said again, And 't is a kind of good deed to say well: And yet words are no deeds. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60039]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11307]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't defame someone, or just walk naked on the streets because freedom of expression has limits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36644]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't defame someone, or just walk naked on the streets because freedom of expression has limits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58811]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can actually travel ahead in time and shave beard hairs that don't even exist yet]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2008]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is its own place, and in itself can make aHeav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is its own place, and in itself can make aHeav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48325]]></link><description><![CDATA[We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63861]]></link><description><![CDATA[What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45197]]></link><description><![CDATA[... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without his rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without his rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be great is to be misunderstood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14430]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be great is to be misunderstood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But throw in a very visible company lowering its guidance going forward and the focus shifts back to the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37133]]></link><description><![CDATA[But throw in a very visible company lowering its guidance going forward and the focus shifts back to the same problems of an uncertain economy, uncertain earnings and the Middle East problem, which has not changed,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This casket threatens; men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages.  A golden mind stoops not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17141]]></link><description><![CDATA[This casket threatens; men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages.  A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross;   I'll then nor give nor hazard aught for lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong  As proofs of holy writ. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong  As proofs of holy writ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23169</guid></item></channel></rss>