<?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[Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then we can depend on someone to make them subtle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing I can figure out without going into the motor is that it looks like it broke a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing I can figure out without going into the motor is that it looks like it broke a main stud (one of three inside the engine which holds the crankshaft in place), ... From there, somehow it wedged the rod in the cylinder which eventually led to it breaking. As soon as it started, you could tell something was wrong. It was the first time in all my years in racing that I've seen something like this happen to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking he SAT is like going to the doctor. It scares the willies out of you, but once you get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taking he SAT is like going to the doctor. It scares the willies out of you, but once you get there it's really not that bad, and in the end it's all for the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16287]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There, Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o' the world. Oh, eyes sublime  With tears and laughter for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55309]]></link><description><![CDATA[There, Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o' the world. Oh, eyes sublime  With tears and laughter for all time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where words fail, music speaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where words fail, music speaks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess, Some are and must be greater than the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess, Some are and must be greater than the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we shall be made truly wise if we be content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14976]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we shall be made truly wise if we be content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand--the habit of mind which theologians call--and rightly--faith in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half todeath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half todeath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is euphoric. There is no stopping the peso's ascent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41444]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is euphoric. There is no stopping the peso's ascent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be a procedure to present the government to parliament for discussion and approval. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41287]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be a procedure to present the government to parliament for discussion and approval.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53446]]></link><description><![CDATA[For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable turns bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginnings are often scary, endings are often sad, but it's the middle that counts. You should remember that when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginnings are often scary, endings are often sad, but it's the middle that counts. You should remember that when you find yourself at the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be taken seriously you need the ability to make fun of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53379]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be taken seriously you need the ability to make fun of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon That shal ete with a feend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon That shal ete with a feend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has at least been put off for the time being, but one is not sure for how long. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36734]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has at least been put off for the time being, but one is not sure for how long. All that has been resolved is the venue. What both sides have done is buy time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11722]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47326]]></link><description><![CDATA[When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you live a long life? "Take a two- mile walk every morning before breakfast." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25522]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do you live a long life? "Take a two- mile walk every morning before breakfast."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can read this, thank a teacher. -Anonymous teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13541]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can read this, thank a teacher. -Anonymous teacher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius does what it must, talent does what it can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59043]]></link><description><![CDATA[No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40919]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hole in the wall is primarily to prevent babies from dying in the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hole in the wall is primarily to prevent babies from dying in the street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're certainly aiming for that but it's hard to crystal-ball it. At the moment it's very encouraging because he's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34712]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're certainly aiming for that but it's hard to crystal-ball it. At the moment it's very encouraging because he's not feeling much [pain] at all in everyday activities, which he did before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10822]]></link><description><![CDATA["What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65445]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the pen is mightier than the sword then how can actions speak louder than words? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/551]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the pen is mightier than the sword then how can actions speak louder than words?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I could say that I am better this week than I was last week, but every day seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40064]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I could say that I am better this week than I was last week, but every day seems to be getting a little bit more difficult. A little more challenging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41515]]></link><description><![CDATA[In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things the right way and take the time to do it right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53610]]></link><description><![CDATA[None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No tye can oblige the perfidious. [No tie can oblige the perfidious.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49656]]></link><description><![CDATA[No tye can oblige the perfidious. [No tie can oblige the perfidious.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too bus to take care of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50963]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too bus to take care of his tools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I asked Alan if he knew of any mentoring programs, and he told me to put my resume together and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32718]]></link><description><![CDATA[I asked Alan if he knew of any mentoring programs, and he told me to put my resume together and he'd get it in the hands of other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,  See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,   Which rank corruption destines for their heart!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools. -As You Like It. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58031]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraud is the ready minister of injustice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16631</guid></item></channel></rss>