<?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[Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. -Zen saying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. -Zen saying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains more useful information than the whole of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not a big birthday guy; I never have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not a big birthday guy; I never have been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be...Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's attention, it's worse than taking candy from a baby. It is taking precious time from the process of growing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24993]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. -Pericles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not caught up in terms of information and equipment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not caught up in terms of information and equipment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45136]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46606]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is very impressive. I was in San Diego and he ran the 40 in a 4.3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31409]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is very impressive. I was in San Diego and he ran the 40 in a 4.3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What an alteration of honour has Desperate want made! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51373]]></link><description><![CDATA[What an alteration of honour has Desperate want made!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over  Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over  Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath,   He understood b' implicit faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53664]]></link><description><![CDATA[A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle -- pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51318]]></link><description><![CDATA[What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou, in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a life-long monument. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou, in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a life-long monument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality can be beaten with enough imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boat was overturned, just floating upside down in the water. All the safety gear, paddles, vests, were along the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boat was overturned, just floating upside down in the water. All the safety gear, paddles, vests, were along the shore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23199]]></link><description><![CDATA[So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was thinking about leaving here, but not because of Fred, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thinking about leaving here, but not because of Fred,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think any of the firefighters keep this job just for the pay. They take pride in being firefighters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29274]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think any of the firefighters keep this job just for the pay. They take pride in being firefighters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Love-star of the unbeloved March, When cold and shrill,  Forth flows beneath a low, dim-lighted arch   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10976]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Love-star of the unbeloved March, When cold and shrill,  Forth flows beneath a low, dim-lighted arch   The wind that beats sharp crag and barren hill,    And keeps unfilmed the lately torpid rill!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3618]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33018]]></link><description><![CDATA[My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd, The sports of children satisfy the child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5910]]></link><description><![CDATA[By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd, The sports of children satisfy the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49500]]></link><description><![CDATA[I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12529]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66437]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57599]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47490]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs to fight it. But it is a proof of the fact that those taking recourse to violent oppression are in their subconsciousness convinced of the untenability of their own doctrines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance has no foresight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance has no foresight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the most part, I think they've been pretty good. The crew we had the first and second nights were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41140]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the most part, I think they've been pretty good. The crew we had the first and second nights were professional-looking. There were a few ball-strike calls I didn't like, but that's going to happen in the big leagues or anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violent can be sound and lightin waking us from sleep of night.Gently comes the dawn's twilightEach step taken oh so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violent can be sound and lightin waking us from sleep of night.Gently comes the dawn's twilightEach step taken oh so slight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5181]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5181</guid></item></channel></rss>