<?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[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54938]]></link><description><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Two DogsA man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Two DogsA man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught to watch the house. When he returned home after a good day's sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil. The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions. The Housedog replied, Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others. Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a surprising Divisional Playoff weekend, I anticipate more excitement and for two more riveting games to be played before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30935]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a surprising Divisional Playoff weekend, I anticipate more excitement and for two more riveting games to be played before the Super Bowl contenders are decided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more  impressive than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41534]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more  impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against diseases here the strongest fence, Is the defensive vertue, abstinence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against diseases here the strongest fence, Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has his price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has his price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted, wholly vain,  If, rising on its wrecks, at last   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted, wholly vain,  If, rising on its wrecks, at last   To something nobler we attain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55022]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems  To lie before us like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems  To lie before us like a land of dreams,   So various, so beautiful, so new,    Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,     Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel desert of dictatorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The starting line of the New York City marathon is kind of a giant time bomb behind you about to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The starting line of the New York City marathon is kind of a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10535]]></link><description><![CDATA[And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous,  (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51356]]></link><description><![CDATA[New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous,  (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57482]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got nothing to prove anymore. If they want to fight, I'll fight and I'll get it done. I use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got nothing to prove anymore. If they want to fight, I'll fight and I'll get it done. I use my toughness now to make sure guys are held accountable on the other team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night, The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night, The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade,   And the low sun had lengthened every shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14600]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finality is not the language of politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finality is not the language of politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56854]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! replied my gentle fair, Beloved, what are names but air?  Choose thou, whatever suits the line:   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! replied my gentle fair, Beloved, what are names but air?  Choose thou, whatever suits the line:   Call me Sappho, call me Chloris,    Call me Lalage, or Doris,     Only, only, call me thine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[making excuses for the Saudi government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28917]]></link><description><![CDATA[making excuses for the Saudi government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a soul that, like an ample shield,  Can take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a soul that, like an ample shield,  Can take in all, and verge enough for more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Bishop Aiden foretold to certain seamen a storm that would happen, and gave them some holy oil to lay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43988]]></link><description><![CDATA[How Bishop Aiden foretold to certain seamen a storm that would happen, and gave them some holy oil to lay it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obesity is a condition which proves that the Lord does not help those who help themselves and help themselves and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obesity is a condition which proves that the Lord does not help those who help themselves and help themselves and help themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33894]]></link><description><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52923]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12560]]></link><description><![CDATA[And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27885]]></link><description><![CDATA[You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8745]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; butknowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; butknowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in spaceand indefinite in duration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Sadat was killed by an extremist MuslimPresident Rabin was killed by an extremist JewMahatma Gandhi was killed by an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45950]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Sadat was killed by an extremist MuslimPresident Rabin was killed by an extremist JewMahatma Gandhi was killed by an extremist Hinduat Cleveland City Club..(to which could be added:Many American soldiers have been killed by extremist Christians).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21983]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. [Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. [Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought to do, and you have got the key to every blessing that a sinner can reasonably hope for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until you're broken, you don't know what you're made of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until you're broken, you don't know what you're made of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64960</guid></item></channel></rss>