<?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[Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I lived back in the old west days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I lived back in the old west days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years so I could buy a solid-gold pick. Then I'd go out West and start digging for gold. When someone came up and asked what I was doing, I'd say, "Looking for gold, ya durn fool." He'd say, "Your pick is gold," and I'd say, "Well, that was easy." Good joke, huh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53046]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20431]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46950]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.Live you life in a manner so that when you die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11381]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. . . . It takes a touch of genius--and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. . . . It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have nothing particular to say about why we didn't prosecute. What I remember is the police report said there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32333]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have nothing particular to say about why we didn't prosecute. What I remember is the police report said there was a problem in determining how much money was missing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[University Police Officer Mark Allen said it was a typical football weekend.] It doesn't appear there were any serious injuries, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41740]]></link><description><![CDATA[[University Police Officer Mark Allen said it was a typical football weekend.] It doesn't appear there were any serious injuries, ... Everything went smoothly for a Penn State football weekend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24299]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.   - quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.   - quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act IV),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Rome! my country! city of the soul! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54400]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Rome! my country! city of the soul!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8670]]></link><description><![CDATA[An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot be referred to any other object, point as with silent finger to the sky and stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is a wall of brass; You shall not pass! You shall not pass!  Spring up like Summer grass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61133]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is a wall of brass; You shall not pass! You shall not pass!  Spring up like Summer grass,   Surge at her, mass on mass,    Still shall you break like glass,     Splinter and break like shivered glass,      But pass?       You shall not pass!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Hercules himself must yield to odds; And many strokes, though with a little axe,  Hews down and fells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46167]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Hercules himself must yield to odds; And many strokes, though with a little axe,  Hews down and fells the hardest-timbered oak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deep slumber of a decided opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44930]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deep slumber of a decided opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We train by a parkway, which runs beside a river. If we had a lonely end, he either would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57641]]></link><description><![CDATA[We train by a parkway, which runs beside a river. If we had a lonely end, he either would be hit by a car or drown. (on why he doesn't use a lonely end)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52222]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands that he does not understand it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy coach Calhoun is beginning to trust me. I just want to keep it that way. I don't want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy coach Calhoun is beginning to trust me. I just want to keep it that way. I don't want to take a step back. My confidence is through the roof. Confidence is what you have to have at this level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where passion leads or prudence points the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where passion leads or prudence points the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all goodthings toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all goodthings toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others.Do not strain after the needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietlyalert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more naturally andeffortlessly. Life is here to Enjoy!.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming is not enough. You have to go a step further and use your imagination to visualize, with intent! Forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming is not enough. You have to go a step further and use your imagination to visualize, with intent! Forget everything you've ever been taught, and believe it will happen, just as you imagined it. That is the secret. That is the mystery of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B. King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13578]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B. King.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is fear in the market. People are scared to see the market going down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28242]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is fear in the market. People are scared to see the market going down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who will not economize will have to agonize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13346]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who will not economize will have to agonize.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory   Our stout old Commodores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58509]]></link><description><![CDATA[His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Stephen Sly and old John Naps of Greece, And Peter Turph and Henry Pimpernell, And twenty more such names ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55702]]></link><description><![CDATA[As Stephen Sly and old John Naps of Greece, And Peter Turph and Henry Pimpernell, And twenty more such names and men as these Which never were, nor no man ever saw. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved. [Ger., Ach! aus dem Gluck entwickelt oft sich Schmerz.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved. [Ger., Ach! aus dem Gluck entwickelt oft sich Schmerz.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. - "The Liberty Song". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. - "The Liberty Song".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61349]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is the fellow who gets on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been the longest week ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30259]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been the longest week ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bow too tensely strung is easily broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58962]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58962</guid></item></channel></rss>