<?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[Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41089]]></link><description><![CDATA[He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the doctrines of the Gospel. A reflecting Christian sees more to excite his astonishment, and to exercise his faith, in the state of things between Temple Bar [in Dublin] and St. Paul's [in London], than in what he reads from Genesis to Revelation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't sit around thinking, 'This'll be great for kids' - it just happened to really appeal to them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32343]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't sit around thinking, 'This'll be great for kids' - it just happened to really appeal to them,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?  How begot, how nourished?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?  How begot, how nourished?   Reply, reply.    It is engend'red in the eyes,     With gazing fed, and fancy dies      In the cradle where it lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme! The young men's vision, and the old men's dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme! The young men's vision, and the old men's dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got our composure back. Last week, we missed a lot of tackles. This week, we got them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37437]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got our composure back. Last week, we missed a lot of tackles. This week, we got them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15476]]></link><description><![CDATA[How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15768]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two sides to every coin ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53184]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two sides to every coin]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13297]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,   And far away, o'er lawns and lakes,    Goes answering light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtney's students, teachers and other students have signed up to volunteer to work the different shifts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtney's students, teachers and other students have signed up to volunteer to work the different shifts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is all metaphor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is all metaphor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64444</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[It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe it's absolutely crucial for us to maintain a strong voice in the national government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe it's absolutely crucial for us to maintain a strong voice in the national government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41200]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, theperfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, theperfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of teaching it toyou. You don't create a Master Teacher-that's already been done. Youdiscover your Master Teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is really like a lab experiment in the real world. This is an attempt to understand how hydrogen-power vehicles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37325]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is really like a lab experiment in the real world. This is an attempt to understand how hydrogen-power vehicles refuel and work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are cruel, but Man is kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are cruel, but Man is kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey, Cancel my debt (too great to pay)  Before the sad accounting day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey, Cancel my debt (too great to pay)  Before the sad accounting day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not caring, so that sumpter-horse, the back Be hung with gaudy trappings, in what course  Yea, rags most beggarly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not caring, so that sumpter-horse, the back Be hung with gaudy trappings, in what course  Yea, rags most beggarly, they clothe the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we must take the current when it serves; Or lose our ventures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51292]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we must take the current when it serves; Or lose our ventures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned the value of hard work by working hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned the value of hard work by working hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told not to fuck ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told not to fuck]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45721]]></link><description><![CDATA[For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never got to the bottom of streaking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38998]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never got to the bottom of streaking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from Day 1. We knew it would be a tight race and it will probably come down to the last three games of the season against these guys. They're two good teams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology stocks were bought as some news, like that about Toshiba today, surprised investors who weren't expecting much from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology stocks were bought as some news, like that about Toshiba today, surprised investors who weren't expecting much from the industry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is a state of openness or trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is a state of openness or trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64799]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? -- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? -- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not endorsing a site. She would be remiss if she didn't listen to what the Jets have to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32448]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not endorsing a site. She would be remiss if she didn't listen to what the Jets have to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!"  A voice came o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45071]]></link><description><![CDATA["Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!"  A voice came o'er the waters far,   "Just drop your bucket where you are."    And then they dipped and drank their fill     Of water fresh from mead and hill;      And then they knew they sailed upon       The broad mouth of the Amazon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16993]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. Thanks to Maria Marquis -Katherine Mansfield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a disease no one talks about, ... But it changes your life. I never got to play football; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31521]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a disease no one talks about, ... But it changes your life. I never got to play football; I had to quit baseball because I was too sick; and when I got to college, I missed a quarter of my sophomore year and had to live with a feeding tube for a while.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've led so many laps before, but it took me six years to understand that it's the last one that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42479]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've led so many laps before, but it took me six years to understand that it's the last one that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53416]]></link><description><![CDATA[But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53416</guid></item></channel></rss>