<?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[Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land, Wherein thou liest in reputation sick;  And thou, too careless patient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land, Wherein thou liest in reputation sick;  And thou, too careless patient as thou art,   Committ'st thy anointed body to the cure    Of those physicians that first wounded thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature never says one thing and wisdom another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33802]]></link><description><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11171]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19199]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As a matter of fact, a dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blasted with excess of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blasted with excess of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65966]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66760]]></link><description><![CDATA[All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45167]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an accomplishment for all Iraqis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34847]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an accomplishment for all Iraqis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud of Shelly for playing four years of softball. I'm going to nominate her for the North-South all-stars, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud of Shelly for playing four years of softball. I'm going to nominate her for the North-South all-stars, because of her attitude and her intensity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. -Adam Michnik.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The delegates will see Omar as the best choice so, accordingly, Omar will win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The delegates will see Omar as the best choice so, accordingly, Omar will win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time, But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time, But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, there's a new generation of linens with finishes that don't wrinkle as much, that seem much more organic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39127]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, there's a new generation of linens with finishes that don't wrinkle as much, that seem much more organic, much more natural.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59163]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60368]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the roots are not removed during weeding, the weeds will grow again when the winds of Spring blows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62813]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the roots are not removed during weeding, the weeds will grow again when the winds of Spring blows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughtercows for my table... and I stopped, but not for 6 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10680]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughtercows for my table... and I stopped, but not for 6 monthsin which I rationalized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest,  Such as I love; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15594]]></link><description><![CDATA[This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest,  Such as I love; and you among the store,   One more, most welcome, makes my number more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10523]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3668]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's weird that people get rewarded for being the millionth fan, or visitor, and the first one gets nothing. Thank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36909]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's weird that people get rewarded for being the millionth fan, or visitor, and the first one gets nothing. Thank you for not appreciating my work before 999,999 people, here's a gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46455]]></link><description><![CDATA[He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or no He is working with nature or above nature, for His are both nature and grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guns ARE evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guns ARE evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're all pretty high-paying jobs. Engineers make anywhere from $60,000 a year to well up to $100,000, depending on their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37429]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're all pretty high-paying jobs. Engineers make anywhere from $60,000 a year to well up to $100,000, depending on their specialty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44677]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65412]]></link><description><![CDATA[My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museums are becoming gathering places for the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Museums are becoming gathering places for the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65748]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65748</guid></item></channel></rss>