<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a massive scalp for us - the biggest result in the 22-year history of the club. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32788]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a massive scalp for us - the biggest result in the 22-year history of the club.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever it may be, as he saw it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53003]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever it may be, as he saw it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer  Cry cock-a-diddle-dowe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer  Cry cock-a-diddle-dowe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are neither dismissive nor cynical, ... They believe that the changes will matter and some of the early evidence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30778]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are neither dismissive nor cynical, ... They believe that the changes will matter and some of the early evidence, such as the rate of goal-scoring, bears out their expectations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon agoal or goals which they really believe in, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon agoal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really committhemselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36468]]></link><description><![CDATA[In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging it even to himself, that in war he was likely to enjoy little profit or pleasure on the day when the long, low, black hull of the Yankee privateer, with her tapering, bending spars, her long-range guns, and her sharp-faced captain, should appear on the western horizon, and suddenly, at the sight of heavy-lumbering British merchantman, should fling out her white wings of canvas, and fly down on her prey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shear swine, all cry and no wool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shear swine, all cry and no wool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/778]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur   All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61165]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur   All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war. •Kenneth Clark  You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. •Jeannette Rankin   War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52262]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Severn didn't have the right kind of personality for WWE and I don't think they really had any idea what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Severn didn't have the right kind of personality for WWE and I don't think they really had any idea what to do with him. Tank Abbott had an amateur background but made his name in UFC brawling. He never learned to work at all and was a victim of Vince Russo 's wackiness in WCW.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31486]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30052]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits perfectly in the U.S. which makes me realize there's not much difference between people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found my students were more successful and were motivated to come to class, ... They know that if they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found my students were more successful and were motivated to come to class, ... They know that if they don't understand something I'll help them before they take a test.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17553]]></link><description><![CDATA[This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We absolutely could not stop those two girls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29298]]></link><description><![CDATA[We absolutely could not stop those two girls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21890]]></link><description><![CDATA[My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1002]]></link><description><![CDATA[As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absorption of the individual in the universal is only another term for its destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absorption of the individual in the universal is only another term for its destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's the furthest thing from a distraction, I think it brings an excitement. We've played a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40030]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's the furthest thing from a distraction, I think it brings an excitement. We've played a lot of games in a short stretch here, and this should certainly be something that brings out a spark in us, no doubt about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50838]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best is the enemy of the good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best is the enemy of the good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never feel that something is wrong with you or that you need to be fixed, no one is perfect ..everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never feel that something is wrong with you or that you need to be fixed, no one is perfect ..everyone is different for a specific reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weariest and most loathed worldly life That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weariest and most loathed worldly life That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will be surety, shall pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49408]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will be surety, shall pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre. [A feather in hand is better than a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4233]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre. [A feather in hand is better than a bird in the air.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human reason can neither predict nor deliberately shape its own future. Its advances consist in finding out where it has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human reason can neither predict nor deliberately shape its own future. Its advances consist in finding out where it has been wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8740]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're an older team and they're a young team. (We) played pretty well on defense to hold them to 14 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37346]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're an older team and they're a young team. (We) played pretty well on defense to hold them to 14 points.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have enjoyed my time in St. Louis and wish the organization the best of luck in the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have enjoyed my time in St. Louis and wish the organization the best of luck in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you hide your feelings, the more they show. The more you deny your feelings, the more they grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63261]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you hide your feelings, the more they show. The more you deny your feelings, the more they grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25414]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry, because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've just got to get better by using these games. Personally, me, yeah, I want to get those big games. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37599]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've just got to get better by using these games. Personally, me, yeah, I want to get those big games. I liked those games in Maui. I'm still going to play hard against Quinnipiac, but next week we start a bigger, real-deal season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rule needs significant work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rule needs significant work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51806]]></link><description><![CDATA[His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His deeds inimitable, like the Sea That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts  Nor prints of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11675]]></link><description><![CDATA[His deeds inimitable, like the Sea That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts  Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38302]]></link><description><![CDATA[May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5620</guid></item></channel></rss>