<?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[God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48182]]></link><description><![CDATA[God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fell luxury! more perilous to youth Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fell luxury! more perilous to youth Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can work me damage except myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can work me damage except myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was really happy with what the divers did all year long. The diving competition was more of a relaxed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38548]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was really happy with what the divers did all year long. The diving competition was more of a relaxed atmosphere, which allowed the divers to let it all out and not be worried. Michael Bennett became our sixth and final NCAA zone qualifier. So all of our divers qualified for the NCAA zone meet. I did not expect that to happen, but I think that it is great that it did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18253]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a direct correlation between the number of people employed at the paper mill and our income tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42115]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a direct correlation between the number of people employed at the paper mill and our income tax.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dress for women and I undress for men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2849]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dress for women and I undress for men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8818]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Religion is kind of like understanding a manual in German. I know it's important and I really need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding Religion is kind of like understanding a manual in German. I know it's important and I really need to figure it out, but it's just not happening!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36914</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[No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57829]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He doesn't want to do it where he's asked questions about this by opponents, ... The nature of science is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36395]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doesn't want to do it where he's asked questions about this by opponents, ... The nature of science is to submit your ideas for scrutiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11630]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2293]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim -- improve yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52115]]></link><description><![CDATA[We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This so-called election is a total farce. No citizen or democratic party is willing to participate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40271]]></link><description><![CDATA[This so-called election is a total farce. No citizen or democratic party is willing to participate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wonderful discovery--psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52187]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wonderful discovery--psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The second half, we seemed like we picked up the pressure more and once we did, it seemed like it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The second half, we seemed like we picked up the pressure more and once we did, it seemed like it slowed them down to help us score a lot more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49870]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though "the commandments of God be not grievous", yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3540]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25612]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59115]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11816]]></link><description><![CDATA[In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14911]]></link><description><![CDATA[How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43770]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51641]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear. [Ger., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear. [Ger., Das Aergste weiss die Welt von mir, und ich  Kann sagen, ich bin besser als mein Ruf.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17994]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7944]]></link><description><![CDATA[One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the Presence of God; and , being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wonderings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49354]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place when Asahel fell down and died stood still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no limit to the power of loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no limit to the power of loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant, perfidious man.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant, perfidious man.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. -John Steinbeck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can'? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can'?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22504</guid></item></channel></rss>