<?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[The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what youshouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21712]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what youshouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5428]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if it's going to be a painful few days or two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37691]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if it's going to be a painful few days or two years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those who have to fight the battle of Christianity in the twentieth century," wrote Marcus Dods. "Yes, perhaps I do; but it will be a stiff fight." Of course, he did, and anybody with his valiant spirit would. There was a day when our Lord passed through cheering streets wildly enthusiastic; and another day when He watched the crowds deserting Him, till even the disciples themselves seemed to be withering, and He looked at them sadly. "Will you also go away?" He said. And Peter strode across the sudden empty spaces widening around Him, and put his back to Christ's. "No", he cried; "there are two of us, at least", and faced the world, Christ's poor minority of one. I would rather have been Peter than one of the shouting mob. And today, perhaps, we may get our chance of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11929]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58623]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45411]]></link><description><![CDATA[And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46452]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62968]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill, And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!  While punctual beaux reward the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58559]]></link><description><![CDATA[May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill, And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!  While punctual beaux reward the grateful notes,   And pay for poems--when they pay for coats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52011]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31160]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is the fellow who gets on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49073]]></link><description><![CDATA[A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is just a good day in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today is just a good day in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nature of that role is that you are going to get the snot beat out of you. Drew gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nature of that role is that you are going to get the snot beat out of you. Drew gets a lot of attention, but Greg has been every bit as important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even so is there the taking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53168]]></link><description><![CDATA[As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even so is there the taking on of another body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11025]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well,   With emphasis, and also with good sense--    A thing in footing indispensable:     He danced without theatrical pretence,      Not like a ballet-master in the van       Of his drill'd nymphs, but like a gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13426]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel has opened the gates to hell by assassinating one of our leaders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel has opened the gates to hell by assassinating one of our leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and that is death! [Fr., On ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24840]]></link><description><![CDATA[We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and that is death! [Fr., On entre, on crie,  Et c'est la vie!   On baille, on sort,    Et c'est la mort!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws,which are exact and cannot be changed. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21179]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws,which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey themor disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring youmore problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to play a good round tomorrow to stay in middle of this thing, which we are capable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30887]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to play a good round tomorrow to stay in middle of this thing, which we are capable of doing. We haven't had a great day yet; we had two good days. I have a feeling we have a good round left in us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What more would you have? He has invented history. [Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19325]]></link><description><![CDATA[What more would you have? He has invented history. [Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58131]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39713]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, definitely want to put your best foot forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9989]]></link><description><![CDATA[The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690   The primary truth about our church membership is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690   The primary truth about our church membership is not that we are members of a particular congregation, but that we have been born into this new race of human beings, the Christian race, which is made up of people out of every nation and tribe and class. Further, each local church is a church only in so far as it is the expression, in a particular place, of this new race that has come into the world through Christ Jesus. It is the mighty acts of God in Him that are the guarantee of our fellowship in the Church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many. [Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many. [Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity, and executewith vigor; to sketch out a map of possibilities; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22075]]></link><description><![CDATA[The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity, and executewith vigor; to sketch out a map of possibilities; and then to treat themas probabilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not turn back when you are just at the goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better the feet slip then the tongue. [Better the feet slip than the tongue.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better the feet slip then the tongue. [Better the feet slip than the tongue.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1916]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love without reason, and without reason we hate. [Fr., On aime sans raison, et sans raison l'on hait.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love without reason, and without reason we hate. [Fr., On aime sans raison, et sans raison l'on hait.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make a ragout, first catch your hare. [Fr., Poure faire un civet, prenez un lievre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10130]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make a ragout, first catch your hare. [Fr., Poure faire un civet, prenez un lievre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10130</guid></item></channel></rss>