<?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[If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63578]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21728]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65703]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All books grow homilies by time; they are Temples, at once, and Landmarks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4546]]></link><description><![CDATA[All books grow homilies by time; they are Temples, at once, and Landmarks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling. [Ger., Wenn ihr's nicht fuhlt ihr werdet's nicht erjagen.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15539]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling. [Ger., Wenn ihr's nicht fuhlt ihr werdet's nicht erjagen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58828]]></link><description><![CDATA[And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have been working with Dean Gail and the Office of the Dean of Students to make sure that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33092]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have been working with Dean Gail and the Office of the Dean of Students to make sure that the needs of our visitors are met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In truth there is no such thing in man's nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53961]]></link><description><![CDATA[In truth there is no such thing in man's nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60086]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon That shal ete with a feend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon That shal ete with a feend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it's Britney Spears and sometimes it's Carrie Fisher. I can't tell if I've got a Lolita complex or an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's Britney Spears and sometimes it's Carrie Fisher. I can't tell if I've got a Lolita complex or an Oedipus complex.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of rebels never arm To do their king or country harm,  But draw their swords to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of rebels never arm To do their king or country harm,  But draw their swords to do them good,   As doctors cure by letting blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing only leads to more writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing only leads to more writing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:  Hast thou the knack? pamper it not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:  Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;   But if thou want it, buy it not too deare    Many affecting wit beyond their power,     Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are humanity in print. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are humanity in print.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15825]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Macbeth:) How does your patient, doctor? (Doctor:) Not so sick, my lord,  As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26721]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Macbeth:) How does your patient, doctor? (Doctor:) Not so sick, my lord,  As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies   That keep her from her rest.    (Macbeth:) Cure her of that!     Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,      Pluck from the memory of a rooted sorrow,       Raze out the written troubles of the brain,        And with some sweet oblivious antidote         Cleanse the stuffed bosom of the perilous stuff          Which weighs upon the heart?           (Doctor:) Therein the patient            Must minister to himself.             (Macbeth:) Throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little birdie flew overhead a traffic light of green and red.From her diagonal point of view she saw both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9689]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little birdie flew overhead a traffic light of green and red.From her diagonal point of view she saw both crimson and lime hue. Obey traffic rules? Birdies need not. Masters listen onlyto the inner voice of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip will be good for all students. There will be no more obstacles, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip will be good for all students. There will be no more obstacles, no more checkpoints,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12902]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46017]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is healed by being with children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is healed by being with children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33962]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he could be a good player because he could shoot the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are actually hoping that the special session will work to educators' benefit in that something positive needs to happen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are actually hoping that the special session will work to educators' benefit in that something positive needs to happen in order for (Perry's) re-election to occur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24775]]></link><description><![CDATA[A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12096]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It goes much against my stomach. Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd? -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55661]]></link><description><![CDATA[It goes much against my stomach. Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd? -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating scheme. For example, men could be imported from the developing countries, many parts of which are suffering from a man excess, at least in relation to local food supply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If this provision became law, it could literally lead to the privatization of millions of acres of public land, including ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32773]]></link><description><![CDATA[If this provision became law, it could literally lead to the privatization of millions of acres of public land, including national park and national forest land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming gains a loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gaming gains a loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4461]]></link><description><![CDATA[My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. [Listing what body parts he has broken].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4461</guid></item></channel></rss>