<?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[Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:  Hast thou the knack? pamper it not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:  Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;   But if thou want it, buy it not too deare    Many affecting wit beyond their power,     Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12884]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's really focused. He knows what has to be done. He's focused on the task at hand. He wants to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38180]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's really focused. He knows what has to be done. He's focused on the task at hand. He wants to have a very big year, and I think that he is. He's a senior now. He's matured and he knows what has to be done. He has definitely stepped up and become the leader that we need on defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was clear by then that he was with Rebecca and that they were a proper couple. I so wanted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40511]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was clear by then that he was with Rebecca and that they were a proper couple. I so wanted to turn my back on him but he always managed to win me over. I know now that I am weak-willed and that I should have moved on with my life but what can I say? He had such a strong hold over me, it was hard for me to deny him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. -Margaret Thatcher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27208]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. -Margaret Thatcher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest asset if that crisis is bad enough. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10704]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest asset if that crisis is bad enough. Everyone get very modest and humble and listens. If you need do rough things, you do rough things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58312]]></link><description><![CDATA[True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. Itis not the conviction that something will turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. Itis not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certaintythat something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric  Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25121]]></link><description><![CDATA[For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric  Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,   To smatter French is meritorious.   - Samuel Butler (1),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59187]]></link><description><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48608]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through her re-enactments of the stereotypical ways in which women and the female body have typically been depicted, she drew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through her re-enactments of the stereotypical ways in which women and the female body have typically been depicted, she drew attention to the power of media images to shape ideas of female identity,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour onto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour onto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is spiritualized imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is spiritualized imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is moderation even in excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42885]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is moderation even in excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat., Omne animi vitium ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se  Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our guards are really stepping up. They're getting into the lane and when (the defense) starts taking away the basket, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our guards are really stepping up. They're getting into the lane and when (the defense) starts taking away the basket, they're getting the ball to me or whoever for the lay-up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/237]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot tolerate the abuse of this trust by the government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274  The very Nazis look at you with wonderment and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274  The very Nazis look at you with wonderment and an open contempt! For even they are sure that to live for nothing higher than oneself is to lose life; that life, to be called life, can be found only in serving something bigger than one's personal interests; something that crowds these out of mind and heart, till one forgets about them and lives wholly, and without exception, for that other, worthier thing... It is long since Aristotle told us that only barbarians have as their ideal the wish to live as they please, and to do what they like. And the New Testament gravely sets us down before the Cross, and bids us gaze, and still gaze, and keep gazing, till the fact has soaked itself into our minds that that, not less than that, is now the standard set us, and that whatever in our lives clashes with that is sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adults are obsolete children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adults are obsolete children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to inquire tomorrow and perhaps make an issue out of it. I'm going to have to see where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37887]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to inquire tomorrow and perhaps make an issue out of it. I'm going to have to see where we stand .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17348]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38059]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints became more frequent, it was a sign the contractor was having some serious problems and would be unable to fulfill their obligations. That is when it reached the point to protect the commission's interest and take the steps necessary to get the project finished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38059</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[Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that Scripps wants to be here, and we hope that Scripps is successful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30910]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that Scripps wants to be here, and we hope that Scripps is successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet. [Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet. [Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no forgiveness in nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63335]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no forgiveness in nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20792]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In her eyes a thought Grew sweeter and sweeter, deepening like the dawn,  A mystical forewarning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14815]]></link><description><![CDATA[In her eyes a thought Grew sweeter and sweeter, deepening like the dawn,  A mystical forewarning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19664]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How bright the sunshine dances in its joy, O'er the still flow of this majestic river! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54334]]></link><description><![CDATA[How bright the sunshine dances in its joy, O'er the still flow of this majestic river!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I watched the sky a long time, concluding that such beauty was reserved for distant, dangerous places, and that nature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14778]]></link><description><![CDATA[I watched the sky a long time, concluding that such beauty was reserved for distant, dangerous places, and that nature has good reason for exacting her own special sacrifices from those determined to witness them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears  Do scald me like molten lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a great guitar player. He's worth the $5 alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38522]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a great guitar player. He's worth the $5 alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our job is not to set things right but to see them right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panurge had a flea in his ear. [Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Panurge had a flea in his ear. [Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49988]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more reason, the less government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more reason, the less government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, till he have made an oyster of me he shall never make me such a fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10086]]></link><description><![CDATA[In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Americans were to make the effort to manage their weight using a variety of options, including better nutrition, more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41068]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Americans were to make the effort to manage their weight using a variety of options, including better nutrition, more exercise, approved medications or even surgical approaches, we would be rewarded with significantly better health,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14133]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14133</guid></item></channel></rss>