<?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[Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51075]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9964]]></link><description><![CDATA[When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which they have most at heart. They dread the electric shock of a too sudden contact with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19834]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimski; for he driveth furiously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47330]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A room without books is like a body without a soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A room without books is like a body without a soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living on the Lawn is a privilege and a responsibility. We hope future residents will take it very seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living on the Lawn is a privilege and a responsibility. We hope future residents will take it very seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25582]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored. [Lat., Periere mores, jus, decus, pietas, fides,  Et qui redire nescit, cum perit, pudor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above himself in spirit. [Lat., Amator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above himself in spirit. [Lat., Amator Jesu et veritatis . . . potest se . . . elevare supra seipsum in spiritu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48882]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all the sins of men, God principally regards the principle -- that is, the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7079]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all the sins of men, God principally regards the principle -- that is, the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was co-ed. They didn't have enough kids otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33071]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was co-ed. They didn't have enough kids otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end of life puts the longest life on a par with the shortest... And of what consequence is it what kind of death puts an end to life, since he who has died once is not forced to go through the same ordeal a second time? They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8330]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment; and nothing remained, but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are a new program but we're not the typical new program in that we're not going to roll over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33159]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are a new program but we're not the typical new program in that we're not going to roll over for anybody, ... Bring your 'A' game, because we're bringing ours. No matter how ridiculous the score is or how close the score is, you're still going to have to play every play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dew of compassion is a tear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dew of compassion is a tear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2292]]></link><description><![CDATA[One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a doubt, there's greater scrutiny, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a doubt, there's greater scrutiny,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53274]]></link><description><![CDATA[But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no history but the length of my bones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19364]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no history but the length of my bones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To go too far is as bad as to fall short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22739]]></link><description><![CDATA[To go too far is as bad as to fall short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the katydid works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree over the well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the katydid works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree over the well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art. [Lat., Meliora sunt ea quae natura quam illa quae ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art. [Lat., Meliora sunt ea quae natura quam illa quae arte perfecta sunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it lasts; that is what can help determine the seriousness of your situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17646]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5363]]></link><description><![CDATA[No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest part about being friends, is loving you so much ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest part about being friends, is loving you so much]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12781]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I can contribute. I'm not playing the way that I want to. With the new rules and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I can contribute. I'm not playing the way that I want to. With the new rules and with the new systems we have, I'm not playing as much. I'm not playing up to my standards, that's first and foremost. I'm the one who has to look at myself in the mirror every day and I have high expectations for myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14635]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44967]]></link><description><![CDATA[With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to perseverance lies by doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12784]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to perseverance lies by doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a program that's working. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28678]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a program that's working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23009]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is a man's invention and his hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[just cause? just cause because we're outlaws ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18305]]></link><description><![CDATA[just cause? just cause because we're outlaws]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2300]]></link><description><![CDATA[ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. However, to be sincere I must add that for me death is important only if it is not justified and rationalized by reason. For me death is the maximum of epicness and death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadors came up to you and asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadors came up to you and asked where the gold was, I don't think it would be a good idea to say, "I swallowed it. So sue me.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11752</guid></item></channel></rss>