<?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[The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife, That she, whom all my life I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23151]]></link><description><![CDATA[The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife, That she, whom all my life I'd loved, should be another's wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47160]]></link><description><![CDATA["What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic than loss of freedom. That does not prevent these from being two different things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is overdoing the thing to die for love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21939]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is overdoing the thing to die for love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is increased by spreading it to others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is increased by spreading it to others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/94]]></link><description><![CDATA[God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/94</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56066]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest...The greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52425]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest...The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask; yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice but to think them, however silly they may be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3362]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26325]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them missing the estimate is low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them missing the estimate is low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My main concern now is that most people who fish with 'crabs' will not take the time to tell a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30190]]></link><description><![CDATA[My main concern now is that most people who fish with 'crabs' will not take the time to tell a rusty from natives. Several states have gone as far as to make it illegal to use any crayfish as fishing bait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10548]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges, big furry hands and feet. "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks like He rushed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CS5343 provides higher performance than the CS5330A/1A yet it is smaller and more cost effective compared to the CS5340/41. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30968]]></link><description><![CDATA[The CS5343 provides higher performance than the CS5330A/1A yet it is smaller and more cost effective compared to the CS5340/41.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time the words "contrition" or "humility" drop from the lips of a prophet or psalmist, Christianity appears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time the words "contrition" or "humility" drop from the lips of a prophet or psalmist, Christianity appears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's helping the stock price today, but gastric cancer is not one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's helping the stock price today, but gastric cancer is not one of the biggest markets for cancer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6103]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a part of growth, unfortunately. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29142]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a part of growth, unfortunately.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am about to -- or I am going to -- die; either expression is used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24141]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am about to -- or I am going to -- die; either expression is used.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough. [Lat., Multa petentibus  Desunt multa.   Bene est, cui Deus obtulit    Parca, quod satis est manu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38841]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31246]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, came to the shelter and offered me a way out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1107]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting has been very useful to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting has been very useful to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a promise delivered already broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a promise delivered already broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how you look at it, no matter how many lame arguments Cindy wants to make, my numbers are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32615]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how you look at it, no matter how many lame arguments Cindy wants to make, my numbers are bigger and she'll just have to get used to it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees ofyour trousers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees ofyour trousers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, so what?, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, so what?,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is the brother of shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is the brother of shame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18486]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a man of the people, so this is a wonderful tribute; he loved America and it's fitting that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38044]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a man of the people, so this is a wonderful tribute; he loved America and it's fitting that the country recognizes him as a national treasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while good fortune ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives - they go only as far as the grave and leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond th]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make yourself look stupid on occasion, because if you don't people will start to think you're smart. Then they'll start ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make yourself look stupid on occasion, because if you don't people will start to think you're smart. Then they'll start to expect things from you, and it all goes downhill from there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36912</guid></item></channel></rss>