<?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[Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm. [Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm. [Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23108]]></link><description><![CDATA[As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11868]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought (Scottsbluff) was getting used to the zone and we thought we could pressure their guards into turning it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32373]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought (Scottsbluff) was getting used to the zone and we thought we could pressure their guards into turning it over a little bit. We forced them to take some poor shots in the third quarter. That gave us an opportunity to get up the floor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[said Adams. ''We're really going to miss Matt, but we're lucky we gained someone young like Neal who is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30160]]></link><description><![CDATA[said Adams. ''We're really going to miss Matt, but we're lucky we gained someone young like Neal who is a great teacher and person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,  Where'er the surge may sweep, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12063]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,  Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will tell you the truth as soon as I figure it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will tell you the truth as soon as I figure it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lover without discretion is no lover at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12456]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lover without discretion is no lover at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[this case is about Jane Hylton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32057]]></link><description><![CDATA[this case is about Jane Hylton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meteor flag of England. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16127]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meteor flag of England.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16603]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12442]]></link><description><![CDATA[By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The early village cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn:  Your friends are up and buckle on their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The early village cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn:  Your friends are up and buckle on their armor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warwick, peace, Proud setter up and puller down of kings! -King Henry VI. Part III. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warwick, peace, Proud setter up and puller down of kings! -King Henry VI. Part III. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24030]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42621]]></link><description><![CDATA[But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. -Henry David Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simple is better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust,  Which frugal nature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust,  Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11092]]></link><description><![CDATA[And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The research rat of the future allows experimentation without manipulation of the real world. This is the cutting edge of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The research rat of the future allows experimentation without manipulation of the real world. This is the cutting edge of modeling technology.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46037]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the suppressed word is dangerous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the suppressed word is dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is yesterday's pupil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today is yesterday's pupil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44802]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary to all sense." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23068]]></link><description><![CDATA["Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary to all sense."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the jasmine flower in her fair young breast, (O the faint, sweet smell of that jasmine flower!)  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the jasmine flower in her fair young breast, (O the faint, sweet smell of that jasmine flower!)  And the one bird singing alone to his nest.   And the one star over the tower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20366]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27235]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9634]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62482]]></link><description><![CDATA[I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622  If I want only pure water, what does it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622  If I want only pure water, what does it matter to me whether it be brought in a vase of gold or of glass? What is it to me whether the will of God be presented to me in tribulation or consolation, since I desire and seek only the Divine will?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer vacations in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62759]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,  Hath put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2992]]></link><description><![CDATA[From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,  Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,   That heavy Saturn laughed and leapt with him;    Yet nor the lays of birds, not the sweet smell     Of different flowers in odor and in hue,      Could make me any summer's story tell,       Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew:        Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,         Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;          They were but sweet, but figures of delight,           Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.            Yet seemed it winter still, and you away,             As with your shadow I with these did play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2992</guid></item></channel></rss>