<?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[They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28626]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63586]]></link><description><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1675]]></link><description><![CDATA[By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!  Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51237]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!  Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss   I carried from thee dear; and my true lip    Hath virgined it e'er since.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. [Gene!:5]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. [Gene!:5].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12927]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19680]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8897]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That hatred springs more from self-contempt than from a legitimate grievance is seen in the intimate connection between hatred and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52308]]></link><description><![CDATA[That hatred springs more from self-contempt than from a legitimate grievance is seen in the intimate connection between hatred and a guilty conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. [Lat., Cum autem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/146]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. [Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a mente.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15481]]></link><description><![CDATA[For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial. [Lat., Nam quamblibet saepe obligati, si quid unum neges, hoc solum meminerunt, quod negatum est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51569]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then I cast loose my buff coat, each halter let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then I cast loose my buff coat, each halter let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all,  Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear,   Called my Roland his pet name, my horse without peer;    Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good,     'Til at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill vessels seldome miscarry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill vessels seldome miscarry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21782]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This happens, and my God, I've never seen a case of hard feelings. I bet this would deepen their friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39564]]></link><description><![CDATA[This happens, and my God, I've never seen a case of hard feelings. I bet this would deepen their friendship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14231]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This past weekend we had a retreat with the board members and came up with a business plan to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41496]]></link><description><![CDATA[This past weekend we had a retreat with the board members and came up with a business plan to see where we are ... if we can move forward or have to close down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world, the flesh, the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world, the flesh, the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being directed down that pathway is very helpful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being directed down that pathway is very helpful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42920]]></link><description><![CDATA[It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always count the cost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always count the cost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though those that are betrayed Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor  Stands in worse case of woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though those that are betrayed Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor  Stands in worse case of woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44323]]></link><description><![CDATA[God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20727]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for himself and God for us all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we do not understand we do not possess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47782]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we do not understand we do not possess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66588]]></link><description><![CDATA[God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47160]]></link><description><![CDATA["What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic than loss of freedom. That does not prevent these from being two different things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In sports and journeys men are knowne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49544]]></link><description><![CDATA[In sports and journeys men are knowne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't get acting jobs because of my looks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As for a camel To thread the postern of a small needle's eye. -King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55830]]></link><description><![CDATA[As for a camel To thread the postern of a small needle's eye. -King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool all of the people all of the time if the advertising is right and the budget is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4969]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool all of the people all of the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9625</guid></item></channel></rss>