<?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[I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23469]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now there's a real sense of confidence within the entire program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now there's a real sense of confidence within the entire program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42229]]></link><description><![CDATA[After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;  At fifty, chides his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43177]]></link><description><![CDATA[At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;  At fifty, chides his infamous delay,   Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve,    In all the magnanimity of thought;     Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.      And why? because he thinks himself immortal,       All men think all men mortal but themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude call the afternoon. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55501]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude call the afternoon. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's helpful that I was an athletic director (at Lutheran before John Ragland took over last year). I know about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37889]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's helpful that I was an athletic director (at Lutheran before John Ragland took over last year). I know about the problems in scheduling, but we try not to make a big deal of it. It's something we don't talk about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33012]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people drop out along the way and you need others to stay for a support group, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people drop out along the way and you need others to stay for a support group,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23212]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50077]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44612]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61151]]></link><description><![CDATA['What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned,' he said defiantly, 'if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5695]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cradle of the future is the grave of the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17115]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hug the shore; let others try the deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hug the shore; let others try the deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15259]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As proud as Lucifer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48187]]></link><description><![CDATA[As proud as Lucifer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communication works for those who work at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communication works for those who work at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20378]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23913]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19076]]></link><description><![CDATA[There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steal!--to be sure they may; and egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steal!--to be sure they may; and egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tax collector must love poor people--he's creating so many of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58671]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tax collector must love poor people--he's creating so many of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2506]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The writer] warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38664]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The writer] warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859  [Christ] is the breathing forth of the heart, life and spirit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859  [Christ] is the breathing forth of the heart, life and spirit of God into all the dead race of Adam. He is the seeker, the finder, the restorer of all that, from Cain to the end of time, was lost and dead to the life of God. He is the love that prays for all its murderers; the love that willingly suffers and dies among thieves, that thieves may have a life with him in Paradise; the love that visits publicans, harlots and sinners, and wants and seeks to forgive where most is to be forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rose were sette of swete savour, With many roses that thei bere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rose were sette of swete savour, With many roses that thei bere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least when you are dead you will know what silence truly sounds like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11420]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least when you are dead you will know what silence truly sounds like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44239]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise. -Nancy Thayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14790]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise. -Nancy Thayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24206]]></link><description><![CDATA[no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet Which brought from heaven the news and prince of peace. Cease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet Which brought from heaven the news and prince of peace. Cease not, wet eyes, his mercies to entreat; To cry for vengeance sin doth never cease; In your deep floods drown all my faults and fears, Nor let his eye see sin but through my tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glorious fault of angels and of gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15465]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glorious fault of angels and of gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11596]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of a battle]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12549]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12549</guid></item></channel></rss>