<?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[Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our target is to find an academy player and bring him through to the first team in two years' time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our target is to find an academy player and bring him through to the first team in two years' time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The balmy zephyrs, silent since her death, Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The balmy zephyrs, silent since her death, Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hawk, the Kite, and the PigeonsThe pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1601]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Hawk, the Kite, and the PigeonsThe pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk to defend them. He at once consented. When they had admitted him into the cote, they found that he made more havoc and slew a larger number of them in one day than the Kite could pounce upon in a whole year. Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and creation, death and rebirth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and creation, death and rebirth, the individual suffers the mysteries of life as meaningless mayhem alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is a great incentive to honorable death. [Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is a great incentive to honorable death. [Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21685]]></link><description><![CDATA[How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13591]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should a man whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? -The Merchant of Venice. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should a man whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a baaaadd man!! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a baaaadd man!!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You knowwhy? While you're carrying a grudge, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You knowwhy? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started making pita when I was 14; now I'm 58. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started making pita when I was 14; now I'm 58.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9177]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The resistance of a woman to a man’s advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes it’s just a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The resistance of a woman to a man’s advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes it’s just a sign of experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom! Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45800]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom! Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear  The living degradation we may know   If we do dread death for a sacred cause?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think onecustomer at a time and take care of each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think onecustomer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The purpose of the covenant, in the Hebrew Bible and some subsequent writings, was never simply that the creator wanted to have Israel as a special people, irrespective of the fate of the rest of the world. The purpose of the covenant was that, through this means, the creator would address and save his entire world. The call of Abraham was designed to undo the sin of Adam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope the departue is joyful and I hope never to return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11913]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope the departue is joyful and I hope never to return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64751]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52770]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies which lies in this one privilege, in having liberty and ability to approach unto God at all times, according to His mind and will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? Thanks to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59837]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? Thanks to Josette Champagne. -Dogen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12599]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was basically going to need more time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34461]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was basically going to need more time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52774]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most dangerous moment comes with victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most dangerous moment comes with victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice is being down on something you're not up on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice is being down on something you're not up on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children sweeten labours; but they make misfortunes more bitter. They increase the care of life; but they mitigate the remembrance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children sweeten labours; but they make misfortunes more bitter. They increase the care of life; but they mitigate the remembrance of death. The perpetuity of generation is common to beasts; but memory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men. And surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men; which have sought to express the images of their minds, where those of their bodies have failed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18169]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything can happen. It's very unstable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything can happen. It's very unstable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so never ending, But always descending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61306]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so never ending, But always descending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale, And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale, And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12987</guid></item></channel></rss>