<?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[Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preaching is heady wine. It is pleasant to tell people where they get off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preaching is heady wine. It is pleasant to tell people where they get off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, it is certainly suspicious. Nothing has been ruled out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33717]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, it is certainly suspicious. Nothing has been ruled out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears of political overlords as by contributing to the vast and powerful currents of conceptions and misconceptions that sweep human action along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50726]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever excused his way to success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14467]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever excused his way to success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64179]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40223]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. If thou understandest not... the things which are beneath thee, how shalt thou comprehend those which are above thee? Submit thyself unto God, and humble thy sense to faith, and the light of knowledge shall be given thee, as shall be profitable and necessary unto thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46343]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes To a lodging ready furnished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50159]]></link><description><![CDATA[He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes To a lodging ready furnished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no business like show business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5015]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no business like show business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64126]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The TV shows and magazines both confirm and propel the trend. With the economy improving, and people making more money, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42569]]></link><description><![CDATA[The TV shows and magazines both confirm and propel the trend. With the economy improving, and people making more money, it feels like they're beginning to spend more than they have in the past couple of years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51669]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll find a way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll find a way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62510]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26604]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10503]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins  The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,   Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad artists always admire each others work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad artists always admire each others work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight; Make me a child again just for tonight.  Mother, come back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight; Make me a child again just for tonight.  Mother, come back from the echoeless shore,   Take me again to your heart as of yore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63414]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49387]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1259]]></link><description><![CDATA[People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60226]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's certainly not our intention to inconvenience folks. But it's better for them to wait for the arms to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38197]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's certainly not our intention to inconvenience folks. But it's better for them to wait for the arms to be taken care of or repaired rather than have a terrible incident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30796]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done. [Lat., Nil actum credens, dum quid superesset agendum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done. [Lat., Nil actum credens, dum quid superesset agendum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46037]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52193]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2346]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have cheveril consciences that will stretch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9788]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59076]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. [Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48962]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. [Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56107]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56107</guid></item></channel></rss>