<?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[Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62115]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of last year's surprise, the company decided to go ahead and manufacture extra doses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of last year's surprise, the company decided to go ahead and manufacture extra doses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3299]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong in using people. The success never uses people except to their advantage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53312]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong in using people. The success never uses people except to their advantage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In India there are a large proportion of people who have not seen significant change in their lifetime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31478]]></link><description><![CDATA[In India there are a large proportion of people who have not seen significant change in their lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a 'Rocky'-type story about a girl from the inner city who had the ability, talent and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33997]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a 'Rocky'-type story about a girl from the inner city who had the ability, talent and intelligence to do this but didn't have the support or the resources or the belief this was something that was for her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procastination is the thief of Time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procastination is the thief of Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's metal more attractive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's metal more attractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is a private and costly luxury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is a private and costly luxury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53851]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do sometimes sink with their own weights. [Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do sometimes sink with their own weights. [Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47326]]></link><description><![CDATA[When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6059]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, happiness is a way of travel not a destination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, happiness is a way of travel not a destination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48273]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought. [Lat., Id facere laus est quod decet, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48024]]></link><description><![CDATA[He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought. [Lat., Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1235]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  You cannot escape Christ, do what You will. You reject His divinity, but, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  You cannot escape Christ, do what You will. You reject His divinity, but, so doing, you have not evaded Him. If He is a man just like us, then obviously you must be a man like Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who says "I may be wrong, but--" does not believe there can be any such possibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62453]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who says "I may be wrong, but--" does not believe there can be any such possibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh Lord, forgive the misprints! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh Lord, forgive the misprints!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much learning does not teach understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much learning does not teach understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64359]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought her daughter there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49514]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought her daughter there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the devout ones took the stance of spectator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the devout ones took the stance of spectator.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was always a dark element to our songs, some social commentary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41404]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was always a dark element to our songs, some social commentary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes a great difference in our feelings towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes a great difference in our feelings towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer; as also it makes a vast difference in their feelings towards us if they know that we are in the habit of praying for them. There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the same exercise of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are moments, I'll be home cooking or something, and it comes to me all at once, and I can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29916]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are moments, I'll be home cooking or something, and it comes to me all at once, and I can't believe it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8710]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been fortunate to pick up where we left off last year. Hopefully we can keep working hard and keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37360]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been fortunate to pick up where we left off last year. Hopefully we can keep working hard and keep it going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You either love or you hate. You live in the middle, you get nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64415]]></link><description><![CDATA[You either love or you hate. You live in the middle, you get nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17848]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. [Lat., Ergo hoc proprium est animi bene constituti, et laetari bonis rebus, et dolere contrariis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14099]]></link><description><![CDATA["Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to die. I am not allowed to vindicate my character; and when I am prevented from vindicating myself, let no man dare calumniate me. Let my character and motives repose in obscurity and peace, till other times and other men can do them justice."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57937]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I say, my real interest is in writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37723]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I say, my real interest is in writing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed.  Speak truly, and each word of thine   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think truly, and thy thoughts Shall the world's famine feed.  Speak truly, and each word of thine   Shall be a fruitful seed.    Live truly, and thy life shall be     A great and noble creed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59803]]></link><description><![CDATA[As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59803</guid></item></channel></rss>