<?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[What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? [It., Qual diverra ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52593]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? [It., Qual diverra quel fiume,  Nel lungo suo cammino,   Se al fonte ancor vicino    E torbido cosi?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mississippi officials have taken some important first steps toward reform, ... Despite some initial progress, we have been unable to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mississippi officials have taken some important first steps toward reform, ... Despite some initial progress, we have been unable to obtain agreement on an in-court settlement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wishers and woulders be small householders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wishers and woulders be small householders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17902]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8284]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and justifiable reason of my good actions: so I must do nothing for my salvation hereafter, merely for the love I bear to mine own soul, though that also be one good and justifiable reason of that action; but the primary reason in both, as well as the actions that establish a good name, as the actions that establish eternal life, must be the glory of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consumer is in pretty good shape. The American consumer hangs in through thick and thin, and now there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32883]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consumer is in pretty good shape. The American consumer hangs in through thick and thin, and now there are lots of positives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't even know he was into art. I did a little bit because my parents passed when he was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33598]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't even know he was into art. I did a little bit because my parents passed when he was 7 and the next year my friend's father passed. He went home and drew the whole cemetery with the casket, the seats and all the tombstones with all the names on it. That's when we knew he could draw from memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absent partie is still faultie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49792]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent partie is still faultie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65695]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17065]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52050]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end never really justifies the meanness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end never really justifies the meanness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48854]]></link><description><![CDATA[No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48360]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62039]]></link><description><![CDATA[How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He seemed For dignity compos'd and high exploit:  But all was false and hollow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11538]]></link><description><![CDATA[He seemed For dignity compos'd and high exploit:  But all was false and hollow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10883]]></link><description><![CDATA[The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44223]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indu'd With sanctity of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indu'd With sanctity of reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like Dead Sea fruit that tempts the eye, But turns to ashes on the lips! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like Dead Sea fruit that tempts the eye, But turns to ashes on the lips!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Thou hast not made, or taught me, Lord, to care For times and seasons -- but this one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8209]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Thou hast not made, or taught me, Lord, to care For times and seasons -- but this one glad day Is the blue sapphire clasping all the lights That flash in the girdle of the year so fair When thou wast born a man -- because alway  Thou wast and art a man through all the flights  Of thought, and time, and thousandfold creation's play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15083]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41482]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell you that which you yourselves do know, Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62367]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell you that which you yourselves do know, Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths,  And bid them speak for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest power is often simple patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest power is often simple patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fooles give to please all but their owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fooles give to please all but their owne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd: Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd.  His preaching much, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48083]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd: Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd.  His preaching much, but more his practice wrought;   (A living sermon of the truths he taught:)    For this by rules severe his life he squar'd:     That all might see the doctrines which they heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have always known it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to control the uncontrollable and don't freak when life happens, just pick everything up and keep on going! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to control the uncontrollable and don't freak when life happens, just pick everything up and keep on going!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another lean unwashed artificer. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another lean unwashed artificer. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66613]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure this agreement is a fair solution for the clubs involved and for the player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40192]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure this agreement is a fair solution for the clubs involved and for the player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They never would hear, But turn the deaf ear,  As a matter they had no concern in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18992]]></link><description><![CDATA[They never would hear, But turn the deaf ear,  As a matter they had no concern in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22848]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever he did, was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever he did, was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship,  And great hearts expand   And grow one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship,  And great hearts expand   And grow one in the sense of this world's life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61162]]></link><description><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it. •Benito Mussolini   In time of war the first casualty is truth. •Boake Carter  Only the defeated and deserters go to war. •Henry David Thoreau   All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything will past, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything will past, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43428</guid></item></channel></rss>