<?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[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60294]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice little known heretofore in the American army — is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect 'that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him  In my heart's core, ay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him  In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart,   As I do thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that won't be counselled can't be helped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1090]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that won't be counselled can't be helped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3708]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The methods of the natural sciences cannot be applied to human behavior because this behavior...lacks the peculiarity that characterizes events ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56802]]></link><description><![CDATA[The methods of the natural sciences cannot be applied to human behavior because this behavior...lacks the peculiarity that characterizes events in the field of the natural sciences, viz., regularity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The marathon can humble you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The marathon can humble you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a strong confectionery business there at the moment, so this acquisition would represent a good strategic fit for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37782]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a strong confectionery business there at the moment, so this acquisition would represent a good strategic fit for us,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your worst enemy could be your best friend, and your best friend your worst enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your worst enemy could be your best friend, and your best friend your worst enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9274]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation... Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just matched Southwest's intensity in the first half ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢?ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â¦ they dictated the game in the first half, ... But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29482]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just matched Southwest's intensity in the first half ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢?ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â¦ they dictated the game in the first half, ... But we settled down and we were able to move the ball around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets were primed for worrying about risk - equities, bonds and currencies too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Markets were primed for worrying about risk - equities, bonds and currencies too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63586]]></link><description><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. -As You Like It. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55684]]></link><description><![CDATA[The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Toronto, the Maple Leaf emblem is as strong as the New York Yankees, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28658]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Toronto, the Maple Leaf emblem is as strong as the New York Yankees,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61287]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have a player that's decidedly higher-rated, we're going to pick the player that's higher-rated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34686]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have a player that's decidedly higher-rated, we're going to pick the player that's higher-rated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27869]]></link><description><![CDATA[An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is in the end to be thrown down, Begins by being first set on high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21107]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is in the end to be thrown down, Begins by being first set on high.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66128]]></link><description><![CDATA[This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For washing his hands, none sels his lands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49253]]></link><description><![CDATA[For washing his hands, none sels his lands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27730]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. - From a College Window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61196]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy, and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are filled with earthy and material things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a misunderstanding. The justice did not intend for the event to be closed to print press. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39609]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a misunderstanding. The justice did not intend for the event to be closed to print press.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how a merchant can think there's too much traffic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go where glory waits thee; But while fame elates thee,  Oh! still remember me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go where glory waits thee; But while fame elates thee,  Oh! still remember me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45885]]></link><description><![CDATA[At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52232]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always written in a free, unencumbered way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37992]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics governs everything we do - the games we play, the way we play them, who we play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics governs everything we do - the games we play, the way we play them, who we play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true poem rests between the words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true poem rests between the words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He called me a bigot two times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38124]]></link><description><![CDATA[He called me a bigot two times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't affected by inflation -- I had nothing to inflate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wasn't affected by inflation -- I had nothing to inflate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27209]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55777]]></link><description><![CDATA[To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it -- or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20205</guid></item></channel></rss>