<?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[She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless chimes and starry skies;  And all that's best of dark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3845]]></link><description><![CDATA[She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless chimes and starry skies;  And all that's best of dark and bright   Meet in her aspect and her eyes:    Thus mellowed to that tender light     Which heaven to gaudy day denies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even; A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even; A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw,  Here and there a patch of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57783]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw,  Here and there a patch of snow,   Dirtier than the ground below,    Dribbles down a marshy flood;     Ankle-deep you stick in mud      In the meadows while you sing,       "This is Spring."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have neither the pretension to solve all the problems of these deaf children nor the intention to sit down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12356]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have neither the pretension to solve all the problems of these deaf children nor the intention to sit down and feel sorry for these poor children, knowing that we could have made a difference in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37912]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football field. He played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, linebacker, safety, wherever we needed him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality. [Lat., Nemo unquam sine magna spe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20606]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality. [Lat., Nemo unquam sine magna spe immortalitatatis se pro patria offerret ad mortem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50064]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59097]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, I've always felt that a person's intelligence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What means this heaviness that hangs upon me? This lethargy that creeps through all my senses?  Nature, oppress'd and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56607]]></link><description><![CDATA[What means this heaviness that hangs upon me? This lethargy that creeps through all my senses?  Nature, oppress'd and harrass'd out with care,   Sinks down to rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never propose to thy self such a God, as thou wert not bound to imitate: Thou mistakest God, if thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never propose to thy self such a God, as thou wert not bound to imitate: Thou mistakest God, if thou make him to be any such thing, or make him to do any such thing, as thou in thy proportion shouldst not be, or shouldst not do. And shouldst thou curse any man that had never offended, never transgrest, never trespass thee? Can God have done so? Will God curse man, before man have sinned?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are, to whom my satire seems too bold; Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough,  And something said of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54712]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are, to whom my satire seems too bold; Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough,  And something said of Chartres much too rough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It (first game) could have been different, you never know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It (first game) could have been different, you never know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never seen him there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never seen him there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it "freedom," but in the final analysis "freedom" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it "freedom," but in the final analysis "freedom" is a purely negative goal. It just says something is bad. Hippies weren't really offering any alternatives other than colorful short-term ones, and some of these were looking more and more like pure degeneracy. Degeneracy can be fun but it's hard to keep up as a serious lifetime occupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16059]]></link><description><![CDATA["Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail!  See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance:   They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the dance?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26460]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman the leader of the enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51780]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman the leader of the enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, when you've got guys like Ken Griffey Jr. in our stadium, in our locker room, I've got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35174]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, when you've got guys like Ken Griffey Jr. in our stadium, in our locker room, I've got to talk to them. I'm just seizing the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  You go to your saint and find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  You go to your saint and find God working and manifest in him. He got near to God by some saint of his that went before him, or that stood beside him, in whom he saw the divine presence. That saint again lighted his fire at some flame before him; and so the power of the sainthoods animates and fills the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was about as different from home as I could imagine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41168]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was about as different from home as I could imagine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2278]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight,  Comes o'er the councils of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight,  Comes o'er the councils of the brave,   And blasts them in their hour of might!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started out slow with our defensive pressure, but we were creating a lot of turnovers, and we shut them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41981]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started out slow with our defensive pressure, but we were creating a lot of turnovers, and we shut them down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One hand washeth another, and both the face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49693]]></link><description><![CDATA[One hand washeth another, and both the face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what you know best; if you're a runner, run, if you're a bell, ring ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what you know best; if you're a runner, run, if you're a bell, ring]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay To have tricked temptation and turned it away,  But wait, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58896]]></link><description><![CDATA[So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay To have tricked temptation and turned it away,  But wait, my friend, for a different day;   Wait till you want to want to!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, O bleeding Head and wounded, With a crown of thorns surrounded,  Buffeted, and bruised and battered,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, O bleeding Head and wounded, With a crown of thorns surrounded,  Buffeted, and bruised and battered,   Smote with reed by striking shattered,    Face with spittle vilely smeared!     Hail, whose visage sweet and comely,      Marred by fouling stains and homely,       Changed as to its blooming color,        All now turned to deathly pallor,         Making heavenly hosts affeared!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being a newspaper columnist is like being married to a nymphomaniac.It's great for the first two weeks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a newspaper columnist is like being married to a nymphomaniac.It's great for the first two weeks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He stepped in hole as a baby. I ran cold water on it out of the well, but it never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40660]]></link><description><![CDATA[He stepped in hole as a baby. I ran cold water on it out of the well, but it never did go down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40660</guid></item></channel></rss>