<?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 takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53869]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! that the memories which survive us here Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!  Pure relics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! that the memories which survive us here Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!  Pure relics of a blameless life, that shine   Now thou art gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38701]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate To tell again a tale once fully told. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57920]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate To tell again a tale once fully told.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's pretty much a little village down there where everyone knows everyone, so if they can walk into a loo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40006]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's pretty much a little village down there where everyone knows everyone, so if they can walk into a loo and buy a condom, it's a lot easier than going to the local shop and buying them, when everyone knows what's going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that can have Patience, can have what he will ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45706]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that can have Patience, can have what he will]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.(2:29). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.(2:29).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As if thou e'er wert angry But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred  Can bring more to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58567]]></link><description><![CDATA[As if thou e'er wert angry But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred  Can bring more to the making up of a man,   Than can be hoped from thee; thou art his creature;    And did he not, each morning, new create thee,     Thou'dst stink and be forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't feel good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24115]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't feel good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as inspiration or even what it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58088]]></link><description><![CDATA[I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as inspiration or even what it is we want to say, recall, regret, or rebel against. No, what's important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if they wish. Style is what unites memory or recollection, ideology, sentiment, nostalgia, presentiment, to the way we express all that. It's not what we say but how we say it that matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good habits result from resisting temptation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good habits result from resisting temptation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11005]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of forcing new, draconian vehicle emission standards on Oregonians, why not take the high road and encourage cleaner cars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of forcing new, draconian vehicle emission standards on Oregonians, why not take the high road and encourage cleaner cars and fuel? ... As chairman of the House Environment Committee, I heard from all sides of this debate. My conclusion: Incentives to reduce pollution are better than forcing motorists to live with a de facto car tax which won't make cleaner air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not in business to be popular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1284]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not in business to be popular.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold, there is the very remuneration I had of thy master, thou halfpenny purse of wit, thou pigeon-egg of discretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold, there is the very remuneration I had of thy master, thou halfpenny purse of wit, thou pigeon-egg of discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26320]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35940]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first blow is as much as two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first blow is as much as two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/972]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15815]]></link><description><![CDATA[What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2732]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63433</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[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945   He said to Judas when he betrayed Him: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945   He said to Judas when he betrayed Him: "Friend, wherefore art thou come?" Just as if He had said: "Thou hatest me, and art mine enemy, yet I love thee, and am thy friend." ... As though God in human nature were saying: "I am pure, simple goodness, and therefore I cannot will or desire or rejoice in, or do or give anything but goodness. If I am to reward thee for thy evil and wickedness, I must do it with goodness, for I am and have nothing else."   ... Theologia Germanica  June 7, 2002   Some will not believe in miracles because the laws of nature work uniformly. But their uniformity is undisturbed by human operations; the will of man wields, without cancelling, these mighty forces which surround us: and why may not the will of God do the same?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I look at the Hudson River, I can't help but feel overwhelmed by its beauty and responsible for its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33179]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I look at the Hudson River, I can't help but feel overwhelmed by its beauty and responsible for its protection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man drives, but the Creator holds the reins ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man drives, but the Creator holds the reins]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear follows crime, and is its punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1087]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34961]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none: for salvation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12799]]></link><description><![CDATA[We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none: for salvation, but it is far off from us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42273]]></link><description><![CDATA[His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62654]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16656</guid></item></channel></rss>