<?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[It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44095]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There never was a chip, it is said, that Bill Gates couldn't slow down with a new batch of features. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9364]]></link><description><![CDATA[There never was a chip, it is said, that Bill Gates couldn't slow down with a new batch of features.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3974]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14218]]></link><description><![CDATA[A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54758]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly becomes any one of us to talk about the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23165]]></link><description><![CDATA[O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rolling fictions grow in strength and size, Each author adding to the former lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rolling fictions grow in strength and size, Each author adding to the former lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To cut a whetstone with a razor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48545]]></link><description><![CDATA[To cut a whetstone with a razor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2239]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of my work is based on nature. I grew up in a rural environment and living in the Bay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39267]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of my work is based on nature. I grew up in a rural environment and living in the Bay Area allows for immediate access to wonderful natural environs. Basically nature is my Genus Loci, or the place where my spirit resides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52863]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark. [Lat., Nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44005]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark. [Lat., Nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're no longer a doormat, and the guys want to be part of this resurgence. If we were not in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40234]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're no longer a doormat, and the guys want to be part of this resurgence. If we were not in the top 10 this year, we would be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what theythink laughable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what theythink laughable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking hot punch in self-preservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13003]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking hot punch in self-preservation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12029]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want an honest, sincere and intensive fight against terrorism from Pakistan in cooperation with Afghanistan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40048]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want an honest, sincere and intensive fight against terrorism from Pakistan in cooperation with Afghanistan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13748]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you. When you cried you had my urge to hold you. When you said you loved me, you had my heart forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was just a little bit behind me, but I still should have made a play on it. I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was just a little bit behind me, but I still should have made a play on it. I was thinking touchdown, but it was kind of dying on me so I was trying to slow down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Children to Love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching Children to Love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand it. In my childhood we were always assured that the brain was a telephone switchboard. ('What else could it be?') I was amused to see that Sherrington, the great British neuroscientist, thought that the brain worked like a telegraph system. Freud often compared the brain to hydraulic and electro-magnetic systems. Leibniz compared it to a mill, and I am told some of the ancient Greeks thought the brain functions like a catapult. At present, obviously, the metaphor is the digital computer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is revenge--especially to women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is revenge--especially to women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20254]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55393]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2247]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2451]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of our remarkable country. I refuse to accept the downsizing of the American Dream. I refuse to bet against American entrepreneurial spirit and American ingenuity.The competition's tough, and it requires us to be tougher - tough-minded, never hard hearted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep down, Dick wanted it to happen. I can tell he was thrilled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep down, Dick wanted it to happen. I can tell he was thrilled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it hurts to look back,m and you're too scared to look ahead, just look beside you and your best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16833]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it hurts to look back,m and you're too scared to look ahead, just look beside you and your best friend will be there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be niggards of advice on no pretense; For the worst avarice is that of sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be niggards of advice on no pretense; For the worst avarice is that of sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;  But if for any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;  But if for any wish thou darest not pray,   Then pray to God to cast that wish away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48052</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[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60829]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is a gift of the universe -- even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is a gift of the universe -- even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18407</guid></item></channel></rss>