<?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[She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54352]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10822]]></link><description><![CDATA["What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn'thear the referee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn'thear the referee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we did miss O'Callaghan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Especially with the murder, people are wondering what's going on. I don't even want to really say anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Especially with the murder, people are wondering what's going on. I don't even want to really say anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I've learned is you treat women right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64952]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I've learned is you treat women right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?  She 'as ships ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54479]]></link><description><![CDATA['Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?  She 'as ships on the foam--she 'as millions at 'ome,   An' she pays us poor beggars in red.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19700]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27858]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should use praise to recognize what one is not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22270]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should use praise to recognize what one is not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one use of the Bible is to make us look at Jesus, that through Him we might know His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one use of the Bible is to make us look at Jesus, that through Him we might know His Father and our Father, His God and our God. Till we thus know Him, let us hold the Bible dear as the moon of our darkness, by which we travel toward the east; not dear as the sun whence her light cometh, and towards which we haste, that, walking in the sun himself, we may no more need the mirror that reflected his absent brightness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Dr. [John A. T.] Robinson is right in saying that "God is teaching us that we must live as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6866]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Dr. [John A. T.] Robinson is right in saying that "God is teaching us that we must live as men who can get on very well without him", then the Church has no need to say anything whatever to secularized man for that is precisely what secularized man already believes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To kill a relative of whom you are tired is one thing. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20911]]></link><description><![CDATA[To kill a relative of whom you are tired is one thing. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is a genuine pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the last 14 months we have been pumping gas to the national grid but the government is not paying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30570]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the last 14 months we have been pumping gas to the national grid but the government is not paying our dues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very attached to Paris because I have a base there and am also recording there, but New York is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very attached to Paris because I have a base there and am also recording there, but New York is home to me when I'm in the U.S., because it's nice to have a bed to go back to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mirror of constant faith, revered and mourn'd! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mirror of constant faith, revered and mourn'd!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to win friends and influence people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16867]]></link><description><![CDATA[How to win friends and influence people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59035]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People don't do things for you or against you, they do things for themselves - it's fortune, good or bad, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46050]]></link><description><![CDATA[People don't do things for you or against you, they do things for themselves - it's fortune, good or bad, to be in the way]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No problem is too big to run away from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64474]]></link><description><![CDATA[No problem is too big to run away from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,  Reeling, through endless summer days,   From inns of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,  Reeling, through endless summer days,   From inns of molten blue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.\r\n ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66800]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.\r\n]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he washed me ashoreand he took my pearland left an empty shell of me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34905]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he washed me ashoreand he took my pearland left an empty shell of me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're using figures from the school district, their budget and we've used their maintenance list and we believe every word ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37885]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're using figures from the school district, their budget and we've used their maintenance list and we believe every word we have on the radio is accurate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't overlook the importance of worldwide thinking. A company that keeps its eye on Tom, Dick and Harry is going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't overlook the importance of worldwide thinking. A company that keeps its eye on Tom, Dick and Harry is going to miss Pierre, Hans and Yoshio.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19498]]></link><description><![CDATA[90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65986]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more sympathy you give, the less you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66471]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more sympathy you give, the less you need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63837]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46436]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney Hall is truly astonishingly beautiful. There is something about those silver petals that just makes you want to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disney Hall is truly astonishingly beautiful. There is something about those silver petals that just makes you want to be inside them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young children and chickens would ever be eating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young children and chickens would ever be eating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm an American before any party preference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41215]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm an American before any party preference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add to golden numbers golden numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Add to golden numbers golden numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10388]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2532]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now I can't believe it. I think we're a good team but something happened and I don't know what. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now I can't believe it. I think we're a good team but something happened and I don't know what.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves Repose and fatten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves Repose and fatten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23897</guid></item></channel></rss>