<?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[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46034]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close theywere to success when they gave up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close theywere to success when they gave up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time for work,--yet take Much holiday for art's and friendship's sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time for work,--yet take Much holiday for art's and friendship's sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5337]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitution - "to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitution - "to spew out paper."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veilof our spirits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veilof our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones died' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones died' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4099]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51400]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blame it on a simple twist of fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blame it on a simple twist of fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you're on the right track--you'll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you're on the right track--you'll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is such an advocate for us in his everyday job and life. And he does that daily, continuously and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is such an advocate for us in his everyday job and life. And he does that daily, continuously and with enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the faces of men and women I see God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17725]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the faces of men and women I see God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that's liberal To all alike, may do a good by chance,  But never out of judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24661]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that's liberal To all alike, may do a good by chance,  But never out of judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27100]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love comes unseen; we only see it go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love comes unseen; we only see it go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone;  I wish to have none other books   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone;  I wish to have none other books   To read or look upon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is easier than temperance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is easier than temperance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you sound like Vera Duckworth you will face prejudice in business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40057]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you sound like Vera Duckworth you will face prejudice in business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To choose time is to save time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14593]]></link><description><![CDATA[To choose time is to save time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63897]]></link><description><![CDATA[No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest. [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas  Sortitur insignes et imos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest. [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas  Sortitur insignes et imos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29704]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in the country I could not go to college, because I am a black person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You began better than you have finished; the last act is not equal to the first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50815]]></link><description><![CDATA[You began better than you have finished; the last act is not equal to the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011]]></link><description><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65950]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3415]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are scared of technology ... And children to learn in various ways, and for some children this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are scared of technology ... And children to learn in various ways, and for some children this is a really good way, a good tool to be able to access information and learn from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair Greece! and relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen great! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair Greece! and relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen great!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58863</guid></item></channel></rss>