<?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[A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47347]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The credite of the Realme, by defending the same with Wodden Walles, as Themistocles called the Ship of Athens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The credite of the Realme, by defending the same with Wodden Walles, as Themistocles called the Ship of Athens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much agreement kills the chat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much agreement kills the chat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5100]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take  Occasion by the hand, and make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57854]]></link><description><![CDATA[And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take  Occasion by the hand, and make   The bounds of freedom wider yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63149]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Al-Ki [Indian word meaning "by and by"] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Al-Ki [Indian word meaning "by and by"]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5973]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you get out of that rhythm and you're trying to get back into that rhythm sometimes you try to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you get out of that rhythm and you're trying to get back into that rhythm sometimes you try to do too much. You want to stay on the field, so you try to make plays happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love makes a good eye squint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love makes a good eye squint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a great day, especially with the weather. First the heat, then the thunder, then the sun again. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40374]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a great day, especially with the weather. First the heat, then the thunder, then the sun again. For the overall standings it is great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are indeed   Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age    Are petrified forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65420]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little boats should keep near shore ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little boats should keep near shore]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These oil companies are making profit hand over fist as consumers are suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29407]]></link><description><![CDATA[These oil companies are making profit hand over fist as consumers are suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there 's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to learn to become what he is supposed to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than arich person who is unhappy because the poor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22368]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than arich person who is unhappy because the poor person has hope. He thinksmoney will help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13384]]></link><description><![CDATA[All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That father perished at the stake For tenets he would not forsake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48762]]></link><description><![CDATA[That father perished at the stake For tenets he would not forsake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, connected prayer, As lives of some, perhaps, have been and are; If, never leaving Thee, we have no need Our wandering spirits back again to lead Into Thy presence, but continued there Like angels standing on the highest stair Of the Sapphire Throne: this were to pray indeed!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly — hurt, bitterness, grief, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly — hurt, bitterness, grief, and, mostof all, fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living Yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37546]]></link><description><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44872]]></link><description><![CDATA[He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,  And range an Indian waste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59998]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,  And range an Indian waste without a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20378]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The success of competing formats depends on the availability of content. If the content from Hollywood studios is only available ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The success of competing formats depends on the availability of content. If the content from Hollywood studios is only available in one of the blue laser formats, then I don't see the other technologies being successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23906]]></link><description><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-2 Watch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55438]]></link><description><![CDATA[-2 Watch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet To spin your wordy fabric in the street;  While you are emptying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet To spin your wordy fabric in the street;  While you are emptying your colloquial pack,   The fiend Lumbago jumps upon his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be cheerful, if you are wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be cheerful, if you are wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20091]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59029]]></link><description><![CDATA[I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59029</guid></item></channel></rss>