<?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[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50015]]></link><description><![CDATA[To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid making irrevocable decisions when tired or hungry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid making irrevocable decisions when tired or hungry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find a need and fill it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find a need and fill it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2733]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So show a little inspiration/ show a little spark/ show the world a little act when you show it your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57193]]></link><description><![CDATA[So show a little inspiration/ show a little spark/ show the world a little act when you show it your heart/ we've got two lives--one we're given,/ and the other one we make/ and the world won't stop/ and actions speak louder/ listen to your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two types of people. Those we who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27091]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two types of people. Those we who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent. [Lat., Cave ne quidquam incipias, quod post poeniteat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent. [Lat., Cave ne quidquam incipias, quod post poeniteat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65252]]></link><description><![CDATA[To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the pLovers who love truly do not write down their happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63361]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the pLovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was greek to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24074]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was greek to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23074]]></link><description><![CDATA[A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little pains In a due hour employ'd great profit yields. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little pains In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food has replaced sex in my life, now I can't even get into my own pants ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Food has replaced sex in my life, now I can't even get into my own pants]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanity is a madness put to good use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sanity is a madness put to good use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was thinking about leaving here, but not because of Fred, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thinking about leaving here, but not because of Fred,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37649]]></link><description><![CDATA[I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52315]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ben Adams, founder and director of the program, was pleased with the turnout.] We estimated 1,000 people but we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29965]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ben Adams, founder and director of the program, was pleased with the turnout.] We estimated 1,000 people but we had about 2 or 3 thousand come today, ... Everybody can come out, have a good time and listen to music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22232]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams -- even if it takes a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52339]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55320]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64041]]></link><description><![CDATA[To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of mind, when out of view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of mind, when out of view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand. [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54491]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand. [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured, His glassy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55383]]></link><description><![CDATA[But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we have to question many of the assumptions underlying our current philosophy. Assumptions like bigger is better; you can't stop progress; no speed is too fast; globalization is good. Then we have to replace them with some different assumptions: small is beautiful; roots and traditions are worth preserving; variety is the spice of life; the only work worth doing is meaningful work; biodiversity is the necessary pre-condition for human survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17030]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6242]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55970]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39794]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well said: that was laid on with a trowel. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well said: that was laid on with a trowel. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18205]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63917]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light,  To make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light,  To make thy virtues, or thy faults, conspicuous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It'll keep the tensions down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33783]]></link><description><![CDATA[It'll keep the tensions down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50080]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24071</guid></item></channel></rss>