<?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[Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't get rattled. We never get rattled. Coming into the game we knew that St. James was a good-shooting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't get rattled. We never get rattled. Coming into the game we knew that St. James was a good-shooting team. So, we decided to mix up defenses on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21685]]></link><description><![CDATA[How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4838]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every year tuition is reviewed and if tuition goes up, it is usually due to rising costs and general raises ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every year tuition is reviewed and if tuition goes up, it is usually due to rising costs and general raises due to inflation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7941]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! ah, the nightingale-- The tawny-throated!  Hark from that moonlit cedar what a burst!   What triumph! hark!--what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! ah, the nightingale-- The tawny-throated!  Hark from that moonlit cedar what a burst!   What triumph! hark!--what pain!    . . . .     Again--thou hearest?      Eternal passion!       Eternal pain!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28517]]></link><description><![CDATA[They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, Confess! Confess!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You’re through. Finished. Burned out. Used up. You’ve been replaced. . . forgotten. That’s a lie! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4997]]></link><description><![CDATA[You’re through. Finished. Burned out. Used up. You’ve been replaced. . . forgotten. That’s a lie!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41088]]></link><description><![CDATA[My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a star in the West that shall never go down Till the records of Valour decay,  We must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61240]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a star in the West that shall never go down Till the records of Valour decay,  We must worship its light though it is not our own,   For liberty burst in its ray.    Shall the name of a Washington ever be heard     By a freeman, and thrill not his breast?      Is there one out of bondage that hails not the word,       As a Bethlehem Star of the West?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25592]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18849]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because it's there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because it's there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10548]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges, big furry hands and feet. "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks like He rushed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[neither the time, the inclination, nor the financial ability to fight each and every article that has appeared about me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40214]]></link><description><![CDATA[neither the time, the inclination, nor the financial ability to fight each and every article that has appeared about me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59533]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35299]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   I am glad that you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   I am glad that you have been acquainted, from your youth, with the wrestlings of God, being cast from furnace to furnace; knowing, if you were not dear to God, and if your health did not require so much of him, he would not spend as much physic upon you. All the brethren and sisters of Christ must be conformed to his image in suffering, Rom. viii.17, and some do more fully resemble the copy than others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes And interchanged love tokens with my child;  Thou hast by moonlight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes And interchanged love tokens with my child;  Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung   With feigning voice verses of feigning love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worship the quicksand he walks in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worship the quicksand he walks in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, whenever I see thee, thirst, and holding the cup, apply it to my lips more for thy sake than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, whenever I see thee, thirst, and holding the cup, apply it to my lips more for thy sake than for drinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ancestor of every action is a thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ancestor of every action is a thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I threw him back. Then I held him on his back for a minute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40320]]></link><description><![CDATA[I threw him back. Then I held him on his back for a minute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That visit will allow for further discussions on regional security issues and other matters of mutual concern, ... rich with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41271]]></link><description><![CDATA[That visit will allow for further discussions on regional security issues and other matters of mutual concern, ... rich with opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's mock the midnight bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2896]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo,  Che saziando di se, di se s'asseta.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9538]]></link><description><![CDATA[It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could have done this movie very differently had we shot on the streets of Harlem and taken a 40-day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could have done this movie very differently had we shot on the streets of Harlem and taken a 40-day shooting schedule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2504]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe isso constituted as to maximize play. The best games ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22382]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe isso constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in whichall goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those inwhich the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life isdesigned to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty anduncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. Wesurvive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want itany other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37647]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9421]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This initiative is being financed by Californians who want to try it in Colorado instead of their own backyard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39623]]></link><description><![CDATA[This initiative is being financed by Californians who want to try it in Colorado instead of their own backyard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've made a push to play our best basketball in the final two weeks. We will need to be at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32530]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've made a push to play our best basketball in the final two weeks. We will need to be at our best mentally and physically in the tournament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way  Until the peacock led him in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46001]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way  Until the peacock led him in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46001</guid></item></channel></rss>