<?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 cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It did a great deal of good, physically and mentally for me. I felt fresh out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37347]]></link><description><![CDATA[It did a great deal of good, physically and mentally for me. I felt fresh out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JBoss - Its free, and it doesn't suck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23142]]></link><description><![CDATA[JBoss - Its free, and it doesn't suck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee;  A clover, any time, to him   Is aristocracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3898]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee;  A clover, any time, to him   Is aristocracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts -- who merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts -- who merely hunted and fished for food, who found shelter where they could in jungles, in trees, and caves -- was a civilizing triumph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways. [Lat., Mille animos excipe mille modis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways. [Lat., Mille animos excipe mille modis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steps with a tender foot, light as on air, The lovely, lordly creature floated on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steps with a tender foot, light as on air, The lovely, lordly creature floated on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not who you can see yourself with. It is who you can’t see yourself without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not who you can see yourself with. It is who you can’t see yourself without.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42677]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is Microsoft buying Apple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our belief that if people are set free to express themselves to the fullest, their accomplishments will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46251]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our belief that if people are set free to express themselves to the fullest, their accomplishments will be far beyond their dreams, and they will not only contribute to the growth of the company, but will also be more useful citizens and contribute to the society at large.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money grows on the tree of persistence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money grows on the tree of persistence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's her role [as a scorer]. She was on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40325]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's her role [as a scorer]. She was on fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27230]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every benefit you receive a tax is levied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58674]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is philosophy learned from examples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19450]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is philosophy learned from examples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3115]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26157]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to consider the end in everything. [Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13784]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to consider the end in everything. [Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murals were very popular then and the idea was pretty well received. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Murals were very popular then and the idea was pretty well received.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good for a man not to touch a woman ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55284]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good for a man not to touch a woman]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is no honour, there is no griefe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58116]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53273]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enemies promises were made to be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enemies promises were made to be broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2475]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it gently. That was just why it stung you, said his Mother. The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you. Whatever you do, do with all your might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the wanton Zephyr sings, And in the vale perfumes his wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62662]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the wanton Zephyr sings, And in the vale perfumes his wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11361]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18111]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good deed is like peeing in your pants. Everyone knows you did it, but only you can feel it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11656]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good deed is like peeing in your pants. Everyone knows you did it, but only you can feel it's warmth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11656</guid></item></channel></rss>