<?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[Feast of the Holy Innocents  You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have all the respect in the world for Franklin, they are very tough to beat at home and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have all the respect in the world for Franklin, they are very tough to beat at home and they always play us hard. We came out a little bit sluggish, but I reminded the girls what stakes they were playing for, and they responded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly.(on not perfectionismto put things off). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22341]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly.(on not perfectionismto put things off).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38397]]></link><description><![CDATA[By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rout is Folly's circle, which she draws With magic wand. So potent is the spell,  That none decoy'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rout is Folly's circle, which she draws With magic wand. So potent is the spell,  That none decoy'd into that fatal ring,   Unless by Heaven's peculiar grace, escape.    There we grow early gray, but never wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall comprehend all vagrom men. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55437]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall comprehend all vagrom men. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66373]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are the only animals who eat themselves to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/743]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are the only animals who eat themselves to death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers Sweet courteous things unsaid.  We two have talked our hearts out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers Sweet courteous things unsaid.  We two have talked our hearts out to the embers,   And now go hand in hand down to the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3575]]></link><description><![CDATA[This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44531]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9314]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zealous, not modest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zealous, not modest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or have you mark'd a partridge quake, Viewing the towering falcon nigh?  She cuddles low behind the brake:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or have you mark'd a partridge quake, Viewing the towering falcon nigh?  She cuddles low behind the brake:   Nor would she stay; nor dares she fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42839]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And sleep in dull cold marble. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56044]]></link><description><![CDATA[And sleep in dull cold marble. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the kind of publishing we want to do. Further, we are supporters of the president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29606]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the kind of publishing we want to do. Further, we are supporters of the president.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3899]]></link><description><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and of noon!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will make a Star-chamber matter of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55342]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will make a Star-chamber matter of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15036]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61776]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed, but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58132]]></link><description><![CDATA[These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed, but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've lost a lot of close games that we could have won, but they slipped away. We play the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28581]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've lost a lot of close games that we could have won, but they slipped away. We play the same way every game. But this game, we had to keep playing hard because Virginia wasn't going to go away. We knew the only way to beat Virginia was to play hard for 40 minutes and that's what we did tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28581</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[Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep! He hath awaken from the dream of life! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep! He hath awaken from the dream of life!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16786]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first, the chemistry wasn't quite there. That little spark was missing. But today everything was great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31797]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first, the chemistry wasn't quite there. That little spark was missing. But today everything was great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26176]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13163]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16363]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money was hard to come by. Nobody had a nickel one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money was hard to come by. Nobody had a nickel one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The integrity of the list depends on the information districts input. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The integrity of the list depends on the information districts input.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48224]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20131]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20131</guid></item></channel></rss>