<?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[Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can't teach old fleas new dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride. [Ger., Setzen wir ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride. [Ger., Setzen wir Deutschland, so zu sagen, in den Sattel! Reiten wird es schon konnen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes,  When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46755]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes,  When the mind (like a beard) has a "formal cut,"--   There is a place and enough for the pains of prose;    But whenever the May-blood stires and glows,     And the young year draws to the "golden prime,"      And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,--       Then hey! for the ripple of laughing rhyme!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Check disease in its approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Check disease in its approach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12965]]></link><description><![CDATA[If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing is forever good; That one thing is Success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58140]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing is forever good; That one thing is Success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy idleness possesses us: we seek a happy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59621]]></link><description><![CDATA[They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and carriages: the object of our search is present with us. [Lat., Coelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt.  Strenua nos exercet inertia, navibus atque   Quadrigis petimus bene vivere; quod petis hic est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.  "Careful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.  "Careful with fire," is good advice we know   "Careful with words," is ten times doubly so.    Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead;     But God Himself can't kill them when they're said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider  Their passions, and are dext'rous; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4899]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider  Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features   Are brought up, others by a warlike leader;    Some by a place--as tend their years or natures;     The most by ready cash--but all have prices,      From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd do anything to go back to those days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29330]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd do anything to go back to those days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24655]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13903]]></link><description><![CDATA[This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That golden key That opes the palace of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14203]]></link><description><![CDATA[That golden key That opes the palace of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the people involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9129]]></link><description><![CDATA["Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45457]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir, of myself, and what remains is bestial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51443]]></link><description><![CDATA[O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir, of myself, and what remains is bestial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that itchanges you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that itchanges you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20433]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A career is born in public -- talent in privacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58580]]></link><description><![CDATA[A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65850]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em  Talk us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em  Talk us to silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know we still can get a lot better. We all hope our best basketball is yet to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31691]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know we still can get a lot better. We all hope our best basketball is yet to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lofty oak from a small acorn grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604  We can have no power from Christ unless we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604  We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51605]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:120]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:120].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride has a greater share than goodness of heart in the remonstrances we make to those who are guilty of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride has a greater share than goodness of heart in the remonstrances we make to those who are guilty of faults; we reprove, not so much with a view to correcting them, as to persuade them that we are exempt from those faults ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are inspirational words all over it. I thought it was going to be a little one-day project, and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39284]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are inspirational words all over it. I thought it was going to be a little one-day project, and it became a solid five-day project. I put a lot of love into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62549]]></link><description><![CDATA[For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We laid it on the line. No regrets. We wanted to get it done real bad and we came together. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36369]]></link><description><![CDATA[We laid it on the line. No regrets. We wanted to get it done real bad and we came together. People doubted us in this tournament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50763]]></link><description><![CDATA[That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35514]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in milk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in milk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or "real" life. The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wiseman speaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22171]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wiseman speaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22171</guid></item></channel></rss>