<?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 man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63549]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are not punished for their sins, but by them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24040]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind: So flewed, so sanded, and their heads are hung  With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19889]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind: So flewed, so sanded, and their heads are hung  With ears that sweep away the morning dew;   Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls;    Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells,     Each under each.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61528]]></link><description><![CDATA[A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is no time for staring about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51833]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is no time for staring about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46773]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To understand is to perceive patterns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2038]]></link><description><![CDATA[To understand is to perceive patterns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I lived to write, and wrote to live ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I lived to write, and wrote to live]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm elated, just relieved it's all over, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29996]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm elated, just relieved it's all over,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that plaies his mony ought not to value it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49386]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't feel comfortable taking the things that people were dropping off, but the people at Crossroads insisted I did. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31245]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't feel comfortable taking the things that people were dropping off, but the people at Crossroads insisted I did. They told me that people brought those things there just for me and that they wanted me to have them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4701]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always been Tom's philosophy and to this day that if we are going to do it -- we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always been Tom's philosophy and to this day that if we are going to do it -- we are going to do it right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is there so much month left at the end of the money? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41072]]></link><description><![CDATA[With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue--agree with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1937]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue--agree with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined, personal goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined, personal goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gloomy as night he stands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gloomy as night he stands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am putting an artist within the reach of wallets in all legality, and I am extending his fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36927]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am putting an artist within the reach of wallets in all legality, and I am extending his fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63893]]></link><description><![CDATA[So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sorely disappointed by the congresswoman's decision to proceed with her playboy fund-raiser, ... We have done everything we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sorely disappointed by the congresswoman's decision to proceed with her playboy fund-raiser, ... We have done everything we can and now we have no alternative but to take action. Loretta Sanchez will not be speaking at the Democratic National Convention next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was scary when the ball was in the air. He almost made it. We got lucky. Virginia has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34530]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was scary when the ball was in the air. He almost made it. We got lucky. Virginia has a great team, but we found a way to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last of our enemies is laid low ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last of our enemies is laid low]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5454]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33130]]></link><description><![CDATA[For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the statements by the Romanian and Polish authorities are crystal clear. All of those official declarations deny the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the statements by the Romanian and Polish authorities are crystal clear. All of those official declarations deny the existence of such possible prisons. We do not see any reason now to ask for further clarification at this point in time. Having said that, we will continue to monitor the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feeble dart short of its mark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51778]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feeble dart short of its mark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a decision - not an emotion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a decision - not an emotion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62624]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28536]]></link><description><![CDATA[All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, this is the most important game since we played Moody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32609]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, this is the most important game since we played Moody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He tells me flatly there's no mercy for me in heaven because I am a Jew's daughter; and he says ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6174]]></link><description><![CDATA[He tells me flatly there's no mercy for me in heaven because I am a Jew's daughter; and he says you are no good member of the commonwealth, for in converting Jews to Christians you raise the price of pork.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46547]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cellar Roots is not just for art and writing majors at EMU. Any EMU student can contribute. There is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cellar Roots is not just for art and writing majors at EMU. Any EMU student can contribute. There is a common misperception that has perpetuated over time that you must be an art or writing major, but this is not true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is warme, thinkes all so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49370]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is warme, thinkes all so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16313</guid></item></channel></rss>