<?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[In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give outcompletes the circle and comes back to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22419]]></link><description><![CDATA[In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give outcompletes the circle and comes back to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21435]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who survives will see the outcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27901]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who survives will see the outcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a couple 70-degree days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a couple 70-degree days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife, That she, whom all my life I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23151]]></link><description><![CDATA[The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife, That she, whom all my life I'd loved, should be another's wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on: Lady, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55740]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on: Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive If you will lead these graces to the grave And leave the world no copy. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . . Speak what you think to-day in words ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9873]]></link><description><![CDATA[With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . . Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a great honor for our school. It shows the improvement we've made. We used to be one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28806]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a great honor for our school. It shows the improvement we've made. We used to be one of the worst athletic programs around, but we've worked hard to get where we are today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42431]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered up strong visual possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The case is a prototype of the new post-Afghanistan network - a little bit of everything: native-born radicals, immigrants from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The case is a prototype of the new post-Afghanistan network - a little bit of everything: native-born radicals, immigrants from Morocco, travel to places like Saudi Arabia, connection to operations like Madrid. It's like handling a number of particles of mercury, toxic in themselves and even more toxic when they come together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53475]]></link><description><![CDATA[His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16938]]></link><description><![CDATA[To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to kill a fly on his friend's forehead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An educated people can be easily governed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65085]]></link><description><![CDATA[An educated people can be easily governed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18577]]></link><description><![CDATA[And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth's 3-pointers broke the game open. She's been doing that for the last week or so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth's 3-pointers broke the game open. She's been doing that for the last week or so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I definitely can see him playing in the big leagues. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I definitely can see him playing in the big leagues. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -Josh Billings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16537]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -Josh Billings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that the School Board will see the wisdom of providing bus monitors, at least for all buses transporting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that the School Board will see the wisdom of providing bus monitors, at least for all buses transporting elementary school students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment--to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment--to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance never settles a question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance never settles a question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The language of truth is unadorned and always simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep reading between the lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep reading between the lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42862]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11583]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they will do as they choose, in the confidence that no one will know their vagaries; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majorities because they are supported by the approval of their neighbors. It’s not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traffic is like a bad dog. It isn't important to look both ways when crossing the street. It's more important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traffic is like a bad dog. It isn't important to look both ways when crossing the street. It's more important to not show fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One eye sees, the other feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60859]]></link><description><![CDATA[One eye sees, the other feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the devout ones took the stance of spectator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the devout ones took the stance of spectator.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26166]]></link><description><![CDATA[To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53238]]></link><description><![CDATA[All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing.  Few lend (but fools)   Their working tools.   - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing.  Few lend (but fools)   Their working tools.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44411]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's leaving home after living alone for so many years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25528]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do or do not... there is no try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do or do not... there is no try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66639]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66639</guid></item></channel></rss>