<?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[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17397]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4603]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2382]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the true face of America; not narrow values that divide us, but the shared values that unite us: family, faith, hard work, opportunity and responsibility for all, so that every child, every adult, every parent, every worker in America has an equal shot at living up to their God-given potential. That is the American dream and the American value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e. from the Netherlands-Batavia.) [Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor fuisse Batavum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, dense intelligence. I suspect that it was Batavian (i.e. from the Netherlands-Batavia.) [Lat., O crassum ingenium. Suspicor fuisse Batavum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whom do you bind your hair, plain in your neatness? [Lat., Cui flavam religas comam  Simplex munditiis?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18592]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whom do you bind your hair, plain in your neatness? [Lat., Cui flavam religas comam  Simplex munditiis?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. What news on the Rialto? -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35319]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more thou stir it the worse it will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more thou stir it the worse it will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63912]]></link><description><![CDATA[By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38701]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is all very frustrating, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29426]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is all very frustrating,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed. [Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er reussieren.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed. [Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er reussieren.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engine of my car blew up. So there we were by the side of the road, with no way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engine of my car blew up. So there we were by the side of the road, with no way to go any further.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime. [It., Non nella pena,  Nel delitto e la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime. [It., Non nella pena,  Nel delitto e la infamia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just coming from playing in a hostile atmosphere, we knew Louisville was going to be tough. It really helped us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just coming from playing in a hostile atmosphere, we knew Louisville was going to be tough. It really helped us a lot. We learned from the Syracuse game that we have to be poised at all times. We didn't want to be down but it just helped us tremendously, that Syracuse game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was like, bing, bing, bing. They threw some big punches, and we just didn't respond like we have all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33248]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was like, bing, bing, bing. They threw some big punches, and we just didn't respond like we have all year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like we said yesterday, we'll be happy with top five. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like we said yesterday, we'll be happy with top five.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5206]]></link><description><![CDATA[A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thorn in the flesh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48520]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thorn in the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some cases suicidal girls were stripped naked and isolated for extended time periods in windowless empty 'dark rooms' with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28782]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some cases suicidal girls were stripped naked and isolated for extended time periods in windowless empty 'dark rooms' with only a drain in the cement floor to serve as a toilet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for everydream precedes the goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for everydream precedes the goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from thevalley. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from thevalley.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 From subtle love of softening things, From easy choices, weakenings, (Not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 From subtle love of softening things, From easy choices, weakenings, (Not thus are spirits fortified; Not this way went the Crucified;) From all that dims Thy Calvary, 0 Lamb of God, deliver me. Give me the love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay, The hope no disappointments tire, The passion that will burn like fire; Let me not sink to be a clod: Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor." --infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor." --infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a clear message addressed to the journalists in order to [dissuade] them from criticizing the authorities. It's obvious that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29422]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a clear message addressed to the journalists in order to [dissuade] them from criticizing the authorities. It's obvious that referring to terms like territorial integrity, religious hostility, violence, the [Uzbek] authorities mean that they are afraid [of] another riot or revolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60055]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have two shoe boxes full of stuff. And that doesn't include half of what I have received. I threw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have two shoe boxes full of stuff. And that doesn't include half of what I have received. I threw a lot of stuff away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No pressure, no diamonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1050]]></link><description><![CDATA[No pressure, no diamonds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They may migrate in a direction, either up or down, depending on which bank becomes the lead on the consumer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35533]]></link><description><![CDATA[They may migrate in a direction, either up or down, depending on which bank becomes the lead on the consumer side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48654]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20768]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee is not free that drawes his chaine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will. -Ingrid Bengis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37389]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou unassuming Commonplace Of Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou unassuming Commonplace Of Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11000</guid></item></channel></rss>