<?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[It's such a complex little show. Watching the second season, the writing deepened, the performance deepened, our interactions deepened. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36263]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's such a complex little show. Watching the second season, the writing deepened, the performance deepened, our interactions deepened. It was fun to get another whack at it, and we all know what we're doing a little bit more this time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12148]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11001]]></link><description><![CDATA[To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41535]]></link><description><![CDATA[once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything that seems unnecessary, and once to make the whole thing sound as if I have only just thought of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first of April, some do say Is set apart for All Fools' day;  But why the people call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first of April, some do say Is set apart for All Fools' day;  But why the people call it so,   Nor I, nor they themselves, do know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;  For all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;  For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man   Is blackened--Man's forgiveness give and take!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is very uncommon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is very uncommon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best policy is to declare victory and leave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best policy is to declare victory and leave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devotion is not a passing emotion: it is a fixed, enduring habit of mind permeating the whole life and shaping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Devotion is not a passing emotion: it is a fixed, enduring habit of mind permeating the whole life and shaping every action. It rests upon a conviction that God is the Sole Source of Holiness, and that our part is to lean upon Him and be absolutely guided and governed by Him; and it necessitates an abiding hold on Him, a perpetual habit of listening for His Voice within the heart, as of readiness to obey the dictates of that Voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was a compound creature, half ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62688]]></link><description><![CDATA[HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was, therefore, only one quarter eagle, which is $2.50 in gold. Zoology is full of surprises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto  Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde   Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24507]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It started out incredible. We were unbelievable. We were moving really well and everything was good. We were expected to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It started out incredible. We were unbelievable. We were moving really well and everything was good. We were expected to fall apart a little here and there, but we stuck to our game plan and (we're) just going to continue to work with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And taste The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,  For he who much has suffer'd, much will know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58201]]></link><description><![CDATA[And taste The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,  For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. -John Steinbeck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34305]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive portrayal of his career over a period of many months and several countries on the definitive film version of Patton's WWII career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The priest is the personification of falsehood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The priest is the personification of falsehood]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/136]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're playing around eight or nine guys per game. We have no big numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35272]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're playing around eight or nine guys per game. We have no big numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will; for wisdom never lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will; for wisdom never lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best defense is a good offence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best defense is a good offence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60676]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56843]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24144]]></link><description><![CDATA[They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66549]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14618]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration ofvictory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration ofvictory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one,  Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58024]]></link><description><![CDATA[From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one,  Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;   Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,    But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5650]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our graphs are based on starting with chaos meaning we have a blast of news, and we say to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our graphs are based on starting with chaos meaning we have a blast of news, and we say to our algorithms, find some order in this. We're creating these from scratch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft and faire goes farre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft and faire goes farre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52993]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old father antic the law. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old father antic the law. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23928]]></link><description><![CDATA[American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet of decency does yield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet of decency does yield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2763</guid></item></channel></rss>