<?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 extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extrahuman architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extrahuman architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all the labor of the earth Is done by hardened hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all the labor of the earth Is done by hardened hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10226]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49366]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldn't fall in love, have babies, or be who we are. After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart... and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45315]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49548]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nuance with the U.S. team in qualifying is always, 'How do we blend our domestic- and foreign-based players? Now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nuance with the U.S. team in qualifying is always, 'How do we blend our domestic- and foreign-based players? Now it's more complicated because we probably have more players abroad than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it happened to us here in Wethersfield, ... I would want to come back and rebuild. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37877]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it happened to us here in Wethersfield, ... I would want to come back and rebuild.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn not in the school, but in life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54768]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn not in the school, but in life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Bruce Weber told me in a meeting that all I have to do is play pretty well. The rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach Bruce Weber told me in a meeting that all I have to do is play pretty well. The rest of the guys are doing well now. It takes a lot of pressure off Dee and especially myself. Luther and Deron and all the assists and rebounds and all the points that were lost, somebody has to make them up. In reality, you can't do all that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They dance, they revel, and they sing, Till the rude turrets shake and ring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51110]]></link><description><![CDATA[They dance, they revel, and they sing, Till the rude turrets shake and ring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50242]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45422]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16188]]></link><description><![CDATA[None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fortune of France. [Fr., C'est la fortune de France.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16619]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fortune of France. [Fr., C'est la fortune de France.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should not have great account to render ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55211]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should not have great account to render at my death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50706]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[March comes in with an adder's head, and goes out with a peacock's tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26365]]></link><description><![CDATA[March comes in with an adder's head, and goes out with a peacock's tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50763]]></link><description><![CDATA[That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people!  To bear the miseries of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54487]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people!  To bear the miseries of a people!   And sink beneath a load of splendid care!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian message is not an exhortation -- "try hard to be good." Good advice, but there is no saving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian message is not an exhortation -- "try hard to be good." Good advice, but there is no saving gospel in that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24706]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concept of community involvement is a joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40771]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concept of community involvement is a joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a really innovative idea. I've done concerts for young people all over the world, but I never thought of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33061]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a really innovative idea. I've done concerts for young people all over the world, but I never thought of using the Beatles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8474]]></link><description><![CDATA[In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained. Secondly, since Scripture doth admit of diverse interpretations, that no one cling to any particular exposition with such pertinacity that, if what he supposed to be the teaching of Scripture should afterward turn out to be clearly false, he should nevertheless still presume to put it forward, lest thereby the sacred Scriptures should be exposed to the derision of unbelievers and the way of salvation should be closed to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was more interested in having a discussion on Proust than on Welles, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36928]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was more interested in having a discussion on Proust than on Welles,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people are to be taken in very small doses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people are to be taken in very small doses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885    After saying our prayers, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885    After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44600]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people not only lose the benefit, but are even the worse for their mortifications [i.e., sacrifices, abstensions], ... because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people not only lose the benefit, but are even the worse for their mortifications [i.e., sacrifices, abstensions], ... because they mistake the whole nature and worth of them: they practice them for their own sakes, as things good in themselves, they think them to be real parts of holiness, and so rest in them and look no further, but grow full of a self-esteem and self-admiration for their own progress in them. This makes them self-sufficient, morose, severe judges of all those that fall short of their mortifications. And thus their self-denials do only that for them which indulgences do for other people: they withstand and hinder the operation of God upon their souls, and instead of being really self-denials, they strengthen and keep up the kingdom of self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63541]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a good man thrive, all thrive with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49505]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be too busie gets contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49999]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be too busie gets contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That?s what we?re trying to build. Two more groups to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33320]]></link><description><![CDATA[That?s what we?re trying to build. Two more groups to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not as though we have something to announce, because we don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32874]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not as though we have something to announce, because we don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thereby hangs a tale. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55709]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thereby hangs a tale. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...we, the goths, do know how death, depression, despair, grief, misery and sorrow feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17930]]></link><description><![CDATA[...we, the goths, do know how death, depression, despair, grief, misery and sorrow feels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47342</guid></item></channel></rss>