<?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[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63246]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm glad that she's been patient enough and not kind of succumb to what a lot of coaches succumb to. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35487]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm glad that she's been patient enough and not kind of succumb to what a lot of coaches succumb to. Which is at the first sign of success they jump up to what they think is a greener pasture -- a big-time job somewhere else. But she's been patient enough to kind of build something that's going to be long lasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62712]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this kid up.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64256]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O happy skylark springing Up to the broad, blue sky,  Too fearless in thy winging,   Too gladsome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24102]]></link><description><![CDATA[O happy skylark springing Up to the broad, blue sky,  Too fearless in thy winging,   Too gladsome in thy singing,    Thou also soon shalt lie     Where no sweet notes are ringing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a chance to sit and watch the press from the bench, so when I got the chance to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29738]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a chance to sit and watch the press from the bench, so when I got the chance to go in, I had an idea of what I could do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all of us against the foreigner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moe was like their child in many ways, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moe was like their child in many ways,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. Andwhen you live it people may think you're crazy. It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. Andwhen you live it people may think you're crazy. It has been truthfullysaid that the world is equally shocked by one who repudiates Christianityas by one who practices it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enemies promises were made to be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enemies promises were made to be broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it gently. That was just why it stung you, said his Mother. The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you. Whatever you do, do with all your might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And hears thy stormy music in the drum! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43445]]></link><description><![CDATA[And hears thy stormy music in the drum!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We frolic while 'tis May. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48992]]></link><description><![CDATA[We frolic while 'tis May.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it's your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17495]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find,- nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love makes one fitt for any work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love makes one fitt for any work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That rich celestial music thrilled the air From hosts on hosts shining ones, who thronged  Eastward and westward, making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43426]]></link><description><![CDATA[That rich celestial music thrilled the air From hosts on hosts shining ones, who thronged  Eastward and westward, making bright the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand Some random bud will meet;  Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand Some random bud will meet;  Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt find   The daisy at thy feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never a loser until you quit trying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21661]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never a loser until you quit trying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3331]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47611]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61438]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10476]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53001]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.   - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is a vast early warning system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19391]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is a vast early warning system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2239]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19865]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something attempted, something done Has earned a night's repose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something attempted, something done Has earned a night's repose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[say that your main crop is the forest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9691]]></link><description><![CDATA[say that your main crop is the forest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27047]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53872]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24461</guid></item></channel></rss>