<?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 so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21598]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63406]]></link><description><![CDATA[For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19117]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20014]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29565]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18243]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear Everything and judge for yourself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear Everything and judge for yourself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/343]]></link><description><![CDATA[...As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be used for student housing, ... A lot of landlords aren't interested. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35830]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be used for student housing, ... A lot of landlords aren't interested.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A goal without a plan is just a wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A goal without a plan is just a wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14465]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a botanist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54822]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a botanist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25733]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62272]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[External nature is only internal nature writ large. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63480]]></link><description><![CDATA[External nature is only internal nature writ large.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day;  His voice was buried among trees, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12813]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day;  His voice was buried among trees,   Yet to be come at by the breeze:    He did not cease; but cooed--and cooed:     And somewhat pensively he wooed:      He sang of love, with quiet blending,       Slow to begin, and never ending;        Of serious faith, and inward glee;         That was the song,--the song for me!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die;  The near approach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3882]]></link><description><![CDATA[In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die;  The near approach a bed may show   Of human bliss to human woe.    [Fr., Theatre des ris et des pleurs     Lit! ou je nais, et ou je meurs,      Tu nous fais voir comment voisins       Sont nos plaisirs et chagrins.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If America's seen as being indifferent or even attacking the prophet, a lot of Muslims are going to say it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28570]]></link><description><![CDATA[If America's seen as being indifferent or even attacking the prophet, a lot of Muslims are going to say it's an attack on Islam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O these degenerate days! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48860]]></link><description><![CDATA[O these degenerate days!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16739]]></link><description><![CDATA[One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as more of a process of, as you're coming into town, wanting people to stop and service our businesses, buy their gas and stuff like that. Once you come into town and get into high density growth and mini-stores it becomes more of a distraction and a nuisance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23165]]></link><description><![CDATA[O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anwser is no untill you ask the question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The anwser is no untill you ask the question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little journeys and good cost bring safe home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important that those who read this book should not try to take an indecent advantage of Catholic self-criticism. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important that those who read this book should not try to take an indecent advantage of Catholic self-criticism. When we are willing to bring some honest criticism to our own positions, the lumbering Institution will become a Movement again, and we shall rediscover the Pilgrim Church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no fool like an old fool -- you can't beat experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27810]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no fool like an old fool -- you can't beat experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58536]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64132]]></link><description><![CDATA[We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64839]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When ice is real hard, it shatters and you can get microscopic shards of ice. You don't want them in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34479]]></link><description><![CDATA[When ice is real hard, it shatters and you can get microscopic shards of ice. You don't want them in your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not replacing DIY with DIFM by any means. What we're doing is broadening our DIY model to include the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31545]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not replacing DIY with DIFM by any means. What we're doing is broadening our DIY model to include the do-it-for-me category.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was false propaganda by the administrationthat there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraqand that Al Qaeda was connected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45964]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was false propaganda by the administrationthat there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraqand that Al Qaeda was connected to Saddam Hussein.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61300]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53426]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy. -Troilus and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46260]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1446]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1446</guid></item></channel></rss>