<?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[Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually, I have only two things to worry about now: afterlife and reincarnation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually, I have only two things to worry about now: afterlife and reincarnation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. . -John Templeton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16911]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses   Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle    Their clearer reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has left Pakistan feeling exposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32345]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I think he liked being punched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a new face courage puts on everything! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10333]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a new face courage puts on everything!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is the only broken instrument that works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is the only broken instrument that works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many without punishment, none without sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many without punishment, none without sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59965]]></link><description><![CDATA[I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If music be the food of love, play on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51522]]></link><description><![CDATA[If music be the food of love, play on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46263]]></link><description><![CDATA[To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is a... digital incarnation of Oz - the Internet - we are a motley group of fools from lions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today is a... digital incarnation of Oz - the Internet - we are a motley group of fools from lions to scarecrows, learning from each other, making and taking responsibility for our decisions, and having fun as we skip down the yellow brick road of investing together!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is more concerned about who you are than what you do, and He is more concerned about what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53583]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is more concerned about who you are than what you do, and He is more concerned about what you do than where you do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses may come and go, but religion will last forever, for in no other endeavor does the consumer blame himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Businesses may come and go, but religion will last forever, for in no other endeavor does the consumer blame himself for product failure]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14750]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big project. I was pretty intimidated in that world. I did the best I could in the situation I was given.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are an alchemist; make gold of that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1983]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are an alchemist; make gold of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47983]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world around you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not because we want to discriminate against any race. We're not prejudice up here. The decision by the City ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42334]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not because we want to discriminate against any race. We're not prejudice up here. The decision by the City Council was that new streets be named after past presidents and possibly after the people that you talked about. We do not want to name existing streets because we are worried about what the cost would be to our neighbors who live on that street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he would tell you he wasn't very happy with the way he played overall last year. He's worked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he would tell you he wasn't very happy with the way he played overall last year. He's worked hard in individual workouts, and I know he has some big goals for this season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24245]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But ask not thou if happiness be there, If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,  Or if the brow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51081]]></link><description><![CDATA[But ask not thou if happiness be there, If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,  Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26276]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46365]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dreamed I'd be honored for something that I've enjoyed so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dreamed I'd be honored for something that I've enjoyed so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,   Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49272]]></link><description><![CDATA[God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy always came after pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy always came after pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown;  And amidst the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown;  And amidst the flashing and feathery foam   The Stormy Petrel finds a home,--    A home, if such a place may be,     For her who lives on the wide, wide sea,      On the craggy ice, in the frozen air,       And only seeketh her rocky lair        To warm her young and to teach them spring         At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/376]]></link><description><![CDATA[High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stealing a Rhinoceros should not be attempted lightly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stealing a Rhinoceros should not be attempted lightly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infinite riches in a little room. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infinite riches in a little room.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're just learning the basics, like fielding and throwing. And they're going to make a lot of mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35399]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're just learning the basics, like fielding and throwing. And they're going to make a lot of mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The linden, in the fervors of July, Hums with a louder concert. When the wind  Sweeps the broad forest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The linden, in the fervors of July, Hums with a louder concert. When the wind  Sweeps the broad forest in its summer prime,   As when some master-hand exulting sweeps    The keys of some great organ, ye give forth     The music of the woodland depths, a hymn      Of gladness and of thanks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we see a speck in a brother's eye, we must first see if there is a log in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6745]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we see a speck in a brother's eye, we must first see if there is a log in our own eye; perhaps that speck in our brother's eye is only a reflection of the beam in our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]  Not all but a good part.   [It., Non ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23099]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]  Not all but a good part.   [It., Non tutti, ma buona parte.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23099</guid></item></channel></rss>