<?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 can't learn less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22056]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't learn less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molly kept house for him when she was older. But when she was younger, she was quite a rakish young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Molly kept house for him when she was older. But when she was younger, she was quite a rakish young woman. She had an affair with a married man in the 1890s that was the talk of Cincinnati.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased:  And sure he must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10738]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased:  And sure he must have more than mortal Skill,   Who please one against his Will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they being both the servants of his providence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I began to use my cricket, the first man I met in the darkness I thought was a German ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10638]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I began to use my cricket, the first man I met in the darkness I thought was a German until he cricketed. We threw our arms around each other, and from that moment I knew we had won the war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goesto bed at night and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21212]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goesto bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41011]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65411]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature. [Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature. [Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What one day gives us, another takes away from us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50057]]></link><description><![CDATA[What one day gives us, another takes away from us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made my decision to come back when the doctors said I could do anything as long as I don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40800]]></link><description><![CDATA[I made my decision to come back when the doctors said I could do anything as long as I don't hit my head. I like track a lot. I knew I wanted to keep going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54896]]></link><description><![CDATA[It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even Pain pricks to livelier living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even Pain pricks to livelier living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.
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They must conquer or die who've no retreat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60619]]></link><description><![CDATA[No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where stray ye, Muses! in what lawn or grove, . . . .  In those fair fields where sacred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where stray ye, Muses! in what lawn or grove, . . . .  In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides,   Or else where Cam his winding vales divides?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7107]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that he is indeed our Master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of fagots, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for each day; but we choose to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday's stick over again today, and adding tomorrow's burden to the load, before we are required to bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62435]]></link><description><![CDATA[One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45098]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603   Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be the miracle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A weak Invention of the Enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13846]]></link><description><![CDATA[A weak Invention of the Enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17372]]></link><description><![CDATA[BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:  Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am happy that these next two games we're going to give them a chance to get on the field ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30788]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am happy that these next two games we're going to give them a chance to get on the field and show us what they can do. Our next game is vitally important for our opponent. If our guys can respond well on that game that speaks volumes for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56868]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart from us to live for. All forms of dedication, devotion, loyalty and self-surrender are in essence a desperate clinging to something which might give worth and meaning to our futile, spoiled lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64751]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64104]]></link><description><![CDATA[She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is frequently lost in translation is that our pregnancy rates are anywhere from 40 to 60% higher than other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32921]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is frequently lost in translation is that our pregnancy rates are anywhere from 40 to 60% higher than other areas of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32921</guid></item></channel></rss>