<?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[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9893]]></link><description><![CDATA[A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course through some unforeseen force and come to a premature end?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The morning was as dark and cold as city snow could make it--a dingy whirl at the window; a smoky ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The morning was as dark and cold as city snow could make it--a dingy whirl at the window; a smoky gust through the fire-place; a shadow black as a bear's cave under the table. Nothing in all the cavernous room, loomed really warm or familiar except a glass of stale water, and a vapid, half-eaten grape-fruit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2322]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass, the Fox, and the LionThe ass and the fox, having entered into partnership together fortheir mutual protection, went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass, the Fox, and the LionThe ass and the fox, having entered into partnership together fortheir mutual protection, went out into the forest to hunt. Theyhadnot proceeded far when they met a Lion. The Fox, seeing imminentdanger, approached the Lion and promised to contrive for him thecapture of the Ass if the Lion would pledge his word not to harmtheFox. Then, upon assuring the Ass that he would not be injured,theFox led him to a deep pit and arranged that he should fall into it.The Lion, seeing that the Ass was secured, immediately clutchedtheFox, and attacked the Ass at his leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't see it as a law of the Church but as a law of God, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34989]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't see it as a law of the Church but as a law of God,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They do that for all the employees, ... In some places, the employees pay a portion of their share for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39278]]></link><description><![CDATA[They do that for all the employees, ... In some places, the employees pay a portion of their share for pensions, but here, the town pays it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If students needed a left-handed desk, he or she would just move a [lefty] desk from one classroom to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30272]]></link><description><![CDATA[If students needed a left-handed desk, he or she would just move a [lefty] desk from one classroom to another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sound blow will serve to undo us all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49698]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sound blow will serve to undo us all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the families will be given a thorough medical and criminal history check, ... Once they are cleared, they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36878]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the families will be given a thorough medical and criminal history check, ... Once they are cleared, they can then transition up here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46926]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head. [Lat., Utque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12493]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head. [Lat., Utque in corporibus, sic in imperio, gravissimus est morbus qui a capite diffunditur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58396]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30197]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to pull that string tight at one time through all of them, we'd make a lot of headway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a really unique opportunity to swim a huge river like this. It's a sensational thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41799]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a really unique opportunity to swim a huge river like this. It's a sensational thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God and a soldier all people adore In time of war, but not before;  And when war is over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57130]]></link><description><![CDATA[God and a soldier all people adore In time of war, but not before;  And when war is over and all things are righted,   God is neglected and an old soldier slighted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62310]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs.  And he clothes them with thunders and beauty,   He clothes them with music and fire,    Seeing not, as he bows by their altars,     That he worships his own desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pluck the vicious quitch Of blood and custom wholly out of him,  And make all clean and plant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51721]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pluck the vicious quitch Of blood and custom wholly out of him,  And make all clean and plant himself afresh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deo et Patriae [For God and country] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deo et Patriae [For God and country]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    This is true Christian resignation to God, which requires no more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    This is true Christian resignation to God, which requires no more to the support of it than such a plain assurance of the goodness of God as Abraham had of His veracity. And if you ask yourself what greater reason Abraham had to depend upon the Divine veracity than you have to depend upon the Divine goodness, you will find that none can be given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is thinking on paper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is thinking on paper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a society without a heroic dimension? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19252]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a society without a heroic dimension?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14792]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's all got to be cleaned up. The stock market's going to struggle until that happens, and the economy at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42250]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's all got to be cleaned up. The stock market's going to struggle until that happens, and the economy at large will feel like it's moving through molasses, even though it will be moving forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a wight of high renowne, And thosne but of a low degree;  Itt's pride that putts the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2754]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a wight of high renowne, And thosne but of a low degree;  Itt's pride that putts the countrye downe,   Man, take thine old cloake about thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who shape our lives and our cultures have the ability to communicate a vision or a quest or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who shape our lives and our cultures have the ability to communicate a vision or a quest or a joy or a mission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22116]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "NoShit!" or at least, "No kidding!".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your heart is my piñata. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your heart is my piñata.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25600</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[The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guys we have coming in have had some quality playing time already this year. It's not like we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30519]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guys we have coming in have had some quality playing time already this year. It's not like we have to change the schemes or anything. We still have our leadership, and that's the biggest key.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54314]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor."--infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor."--infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against diseases here the strongest fence, Is the defensive vertue, abstinence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against diseases here the strongest fence, Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64821</guid></item></channel></rss>