<?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[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253  The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. As along as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal, how can you hope to find inward peace?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58647]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap to any creative functioning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/470]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22031]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The only way actors could breathe on the sound stage was through an air regulator.] You couldn't get out, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29601]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The only way actors could breathe on the sound stage was through an air regulator.] You couldn't get out, ... because the camera crew was literally bolted in. You can't get out; you can't go up or down. It really brought home the visceral feeling of what those men were willing to put themselves through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25487]]></link><description><![CDATA[In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."N. B.: This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47218]]></link><description><![CDATA[I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."N. B.: This quote is commonly attributed to Voltaire, but it is not found in his writing. - The Friends of Voltaire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I gave my life for freedom--This I know; For those who bade me fight had told me so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I gave my life for freedom--This I know; For those who bade me fight had told me so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our liberty, we must be ready to fight for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24668]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a very volatile situation, one that has been going on for a month and will not go away. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37218]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a very volatile situation, one that has been going on for a month and will not go away. The U.S. has made it pretty clear they will react with overwhelming force if they feel threatened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies,  And they are fools who roam;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18645]]></link><description><![CDATA[If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies,  And they are fools who roam;   The world has nothing to bestow,    From our own selves our bliss must flow,     And that dear hut,--our home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  Many people despise those who spend their health, strength ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  Many people despise those who spend their health, strength and money for the salvation of others, and call them mad. And yet it is they who will save many and be saved themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52346]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29908]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as far as reforms are concerned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clearsighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46077]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clearsighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realized that I was very attracted to her, and there was no point for my delaying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31175]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realized that I was very attracted to her, and there was no point for my delaying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light tomorrow with today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light tomorrow with today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you kayak down Yucca Pen, it looks fine. The problem is its drainage area has been platted for development, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28176]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you kayak down Yucca Pen, it looks fine. The problem is its drainage area has been platted for development, so it drains a much larger upland area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Victoria but personal feelings have very little to do with business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32826]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Victoria but personal feelings have very little to do with business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Might does not make right, it only makes history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Might does not make right, it only makes history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We might have gotten the win, but we ran out of tires near the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30213]]></link><description><![CDATA[We might have gotten the win, but we ran out of tires near the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing is silent poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dancing is silent poetry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57276]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started focusing on strength and conditioning. I got serious about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41170]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started focusing on strength and conditioning. I got serious about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started out with nothing. I still have most of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started out with nothing. I still have most of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fancy with prophetic glance Sees the teeming months advance;  The field, the forest, green and gay;   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fancy with prophetic glance Sees the teeming months advance;  The field, the forest, green and gay;   The dappled slope, the tedded hay;    Sees the reddening orchard blow,     The Harvest wave, the vintage flow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14213]]></link><description><![CDATA[And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11773]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With eyes that look'd into the very soul-- . . . .  Bright--and as black and burning as coal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14829]]></link><description><![CDATA[With eyes that look'd into the very soul-- . . . .  Bright--and as black and burning as coal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to remind myself that this is for next year so I'll be ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38293]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to remind myself that this is for next year so I'll be ready.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But because the victims die gradually from diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, HIV, and from drug and alcohol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33211]]></link><description><![CDATA[But because the victims die gradually from diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, HIV, and from drug and alcohol abuse, the public are generally unaware of the scale of the fatalities,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you commit a crime, you're guilty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21549]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you commit a crime, you're guilty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,  See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,   Which rank corruption destines for their heart!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13097</guid></item></channel></rss>