<?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[Men perish with whispering sins--nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men perish with whispering sins--nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in hell there shall meet as many men that never thought what was sin, as that spent all their thoughts in the compassing of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9694]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All currency is neurotic currency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15826]]></link><description><![CDATA[All currency is neurotic currency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every thing new is fine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every thing new is fine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47551]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not only helped them excel here, it will help them become better, more compassionate leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, forthat determines our success or failure. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, forthat determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact maydefeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by thefact because you think you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to put a ding in the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to put a ding in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to leave out the parts that people skip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27706]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to leave out the parts that people skip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dare to write As funny as I can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dare to write As funny as I can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just improve the things that are not so good. What is lacking in this conception is any sense that a society, an institution, or even a single human being, is an intricate system of fragile inter-relationships, whose complexities are little understood and easily destabilized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57819]]></link><description><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender eyes,   As stars look on the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2023]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2157]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy is second nature for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy is second nature for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love acting. It is so much more real than life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/566]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love acting. It is so much more real than life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59947]]></link><description><![CDATA[This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And from that luckless hour my tyrant fair Has led and turned me by a single hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18574]]></link><description><![CDATA[And from that luckless hour my tyrant fair Has led and turned me by a single hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no direct interest in those cities and don't have a strategic plan to include them, but that doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32823]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no direct interest in those cities and don't have a strategic plan to include them, but that doesn't mean we won't in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think they just wrestled hard. The guys who won, the guys who lost, every single one of them wrestled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28352]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think they just wrestled hard. The guys who won, the guys who lost, every single one of them wrestled tough. Windsor is a well-coached team. We knew they were going to come in and just get after us. In order to prevent that, we've got to make sure we're even more prepared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was October 15, 1986. Keith had stayed home from school with his dad to help with the first full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41610]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was October 15, 1986. Keith had stayed home from school with his dad to help with the first full day of corn harvest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so,  Having a thousand tongues t' allure him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45571]]></link><description><![CDATA[But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so,  Having a thousand tongues t' allure him   And but one to bid him go.    When lips invite,     And eyes delight,      And cheeks as fresh as rose in June,       Persuade delay,--        What boots to say         Forego me now, come to me soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He threw the ball well. He just couldn't get out of that inning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41144]]></link><description><![CDATA[He threw the ball well. He just couldn't get out of that inning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pure eye for the true vision of another's claims can only go with the loving heart. The man who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pure eye for the true vision of another's claims can only go with the loving heart. The man who hates can hardly be delicate in doing Justice, say to his neighbor's love, to his neighbor's predilections and peculiarities. It is hard enough to be just to our friends; and how shall our enemies fare with us?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church has magnificent buildings, superb equipment, trained leadership, excellent teaching materials, organizational ability, and yet lacks that one thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6428]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church has magnificent buildings, superb equipment, trained leadership, excellent teaching materials, organizational ability, and yet lacks that one thing that could take all these tools and make them the channel of God's will. In spite of its ever-increasing membership, the church lacks the spirit of God's growing love and understanding that can transform it from an efficient organization into a loving, dynamic fellowship where men and women become vitally alive with faith, love, and hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisibleintelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is alsoflowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisibleintelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is alsoflowing through you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66126]]></link><description><![CDATA[A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thorough preparation makes its own luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thorough preparation makes its own luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out their good luck as a portent of calamity. To see them, you would never guess that God's good pleasure, and not the goddess of fate, rules human destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12391]]></link><description><![CDATA[The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That guy is a beast. Not only is he big but he's smart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38877]]></link><description><![CDATA[That guy is a beast. Not only is he big but he's smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't say what God is, but a name That somehow answers us when we are driven To feel and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17704]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't say what God is, but a name That somehow answers us when we are driven To feel and think how little we have to do With what we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50132]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always been a sucker for attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always been a sucker for attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a religion, I have a relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29433]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a religion, I have a relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. [Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23240]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. [Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a pedophile. You know that. I'm gonna look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38673]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a pedophile. You know that. I'm gonna look.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38673</guid></item></channel></rss>