<?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 great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are cruel, but Man is kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are cruel, but Man is kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this will be more of a company-led expansion instead of one led by consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40741]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this will be more of a company-led expansion instead of one led by consumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to pour services into the home and offer everything we can to make sure a family can stay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28642]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to pour services into the home and offer everything we can to make sure a family can stay together,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea,  He wields a mighty scepter   O'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43217]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea,  He wields a mighty scepter   O'er lesser powers that be;    But a mightier power and stronger     Man from his throne has hurled,      For the hand that rocks the cradle       Is the hand that rules the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can only hate the person whom we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25890]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can only hate the person whom we love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest sign of age is loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest sign of age is loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27254]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21200]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280   Where, then, does happiness lie? In forgetfulness, not indulgence, of the self. In escape from sensual appetites, not in their satisfaction We live in a dark, self-enclosed prison, which is all we see or know if our glance is fixed ever downward. To lift it upward, becoming aware of the wide, luminous universe outside -- this alone is happiness. At its highest level, such happiness is the ecstasy that mystics have inadequately described At more humdrum levels, it is human love; the delights and beauties of our dear earth, its colors and shapes and sounds; the enchantment of understanding and laughing, and all other exercise of such faculties as we possess; the marvel of the meaning of everything, fitfully glimpsed, inadequately expounded, but ever present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59593]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's prudent to take every precaution you can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's prudent to take every precaution you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more of that, Hal, an thou lovest me! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55864]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more of that, Hal, an thou lovest me! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela is privileged to be able to help the United States in this time of need, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Venezuela is privileged to be able to help the United States in this time of need,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel better and better every day. It's 1 inch. It's not a lot, but at the same time, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32960]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel better and better every day. It's 1 inch. It's not a lot, but at the same time, it is a lot. It's definitely different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57253]]></link><description><![CDATA[When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joy that's shared is a joy made double. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23439]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joy that's shared is a joy made double.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19230]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,   And in its hollow tones are heard    The thanks of millions yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10674]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40479]]></link><description><![CDATA[No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62673]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point, we have grave concerns because of the expense that small businesses might incur in trying to comply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35446]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point, we have grave concerns because of the expense that small businesses might incur in trying to comply with the ordinance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War should neither be feared nor provoked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50911]]></link><description><![CDATA[War should neither be feared nor provoked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just don't see the wage pressures and I think the bond market is so happy because that means there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42252]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just don't see the wage pressures and I think the bond market is so happy because that means there really isn't any threat of inflation out there. Remember all those terrible surprises we used to get on Fridays? It's about time the bond market got a good one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15436]]></link><description><![CDATA[How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  All love in general hath an assimilating efficacy; it casts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  All love in general hath an assimilating efficacy; it casts the mind into the mould of the thing beloved... Every approach unto God by ardent love and delight is transfiguring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They will swear black is white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50521]]></link><description><![CDATA[They will swear black is white.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27826]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65544]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould,  The more the marble wastes   The more the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould,  The more the marble wastes   The more the statue grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is to be preferred before justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is to be preferred before justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of one book. [Lat., Homo unius libri.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4527]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of one book. [Lat., Homo unius libri.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cosmetic surgery and poker are popular right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cosmetic surgery and poker are popular right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936   Evil can be interpreted as guilt only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936   Evil can be interpreted as guilt only where human existence is understood as personal, and that means where the existence of man is understood to be in responsibility to the Divine Thou. This is the depth of human distress, that we are separated from God, that our communion with Him is destroyed, that man has emancipated himself (has taken himself out of the hand of God) and has become independent, his own master.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6398</guid></item></channel></rss>