<?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[You may conquer with a sword but you are conquered by a kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23849]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may conquer with a sword but you are conquered by a kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11169]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no heresies in a dead religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19207]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no heresies in a dead religion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as the felon condemn'd to die-- With a very natural loathing--  Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as the felon condemn'd to die-- With a very natural loathing--  Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,   From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,    To caper on sunny greens and slopes,     Instead of the dance upon nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "now" wherein God made the first man, and the "now" wherein the last man disappears, and the "now" I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "now" wherein God made the first man, and the "now" wherein the last man disappears, and the "now" I am speaking in, all are the same in God, where this is but the now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everythingto his own advantage. Thou must live for another, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21279]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everythingto his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to livefor thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is it written in the Constitution that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is it written in the Constitution that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, and compel them to fight the battles of any war in which the folly or wickedness of government may engage it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32716]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51078]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-love seems so often unrequited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-love seems so often unrequited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working with people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2511]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if I don't manage to buy it, to own it, then nothing of what I think is mine is really mine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foutre for the world and worldlings base! I speak of Africa and golden joys. -King Henry IV. Part II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foutre for the world and worldlings base! I speak of Africa and golden joys. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51073]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to an interesting period. We have a lot of opportunities obviously for the league and a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42712]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to an interesting period. We have a lot of opportunities obviously for the league and a lot of challenges, and I look forward to working with the league office to help in any way I can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her Is righted even when men grant they err. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her Is righted even when men grant they err.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrong life cannot be lived rightly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I lost a cousin about three years ago. I felt helpless and wished there was something I could have done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I lost a cousin about three years ago. I felt helpless and wished there was something I could have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let this be an example. Everybody out there, all those young people, learn from this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let this be an example. Everybody out there, all those young people, learn from this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology funds and small-cap funds are where the volatility is going to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology funds and small-cap funds are where the volatility is going to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can look back at that and say the injury bug bit us a little, but that's why you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39948]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can look back at that and say the injury bug bit us a little, but that's why you have 15 guys on the team. When somebody goes down, other people have to step up and take the challenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43420]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's always a shot in the locker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51036]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's always a shot in the locker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20577]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of human activities, in habits and practices. And each change in the actions of those affected in the first instance will require further adjustments that will gradually extend through the whole of society. Every change thus in a sense creates a "problem" for society, even though no single individual perceives it as such; it is gradually "solved" by the establishment of a new overall adjustment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our kids really fought to get back in the game and gave themselves a chance to win. We had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our kids really fought to get back in the game and gave themselves a chance to win. We had to play so hard to overcome a lot. We had to play perfectly in a lot of areas. We had to make fewer turnovers, we had to get more rebounds and we had to get to the free throw line more than we did. It was tough to overcome but we gave it a shot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From fibers of pain and hope and trouble And toil and happiness,--one by one,--  Twisted together, or single or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11128]]></link><description><![CDATA[From fibers of pain and hope and trouble And toil and happiness,--one by one,--  Twisted together, or single or double,   The varying thread of our life is spun.    Hope shall cheer though the chain be galling;     Light shall come though the gloom be falling;      Faith will list for the Master calling       Our hearts to his rest,--when the day is done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant as ruffling taffeta.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2484]]></link><description><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born  With nowhere yet to rest my head, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born  With nowhere yet to rest my head,   Like these, on earth I wait forlorn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private sector credit from 1999 through the first half of 2001 was adding $1.2 trillion per year. It was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private sector credit from 1999 through the first half of 2001 was adding $1.2 trillion per year. It was the mother of all credit expansions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's absurd to warme one in his armour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49573]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's absurd to warme one in his armour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54159]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58627]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63246]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63246</guid></item></channel></rss>