<?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[Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A white rosebud for a guerdon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54431]]></link><description><![CDATA[A white rosebud for a guerdon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever he did, was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever he did, was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hitting rock bottom theory is all very well. But it is probably possible to intervene earlier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hitting rock bottom theory is all very well. But it is probably possible to intervene earlier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel oft proclaims the man,   And they in France of the best rank and station    Are of a most select and generous chief in that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went to some clear-out plays to attack and try to draw some fouls on them. I didn't know if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37677]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went to some clear-out plays to attack and try to draw some fouls on them. I didn't know if that was going to work, but eventually it did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have more than one counsel in every country claiming to represent him. This can lead to conflicting legal opinion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28223]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have more than one counsel in every country claiming to represent him. This can lead to conflicting legal opinion that may damage the interest of the client.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58390]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if there is any issue that they would feel strongly enough to take. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32888]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if there is any issue that they would feel strongly enough to take.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like a house. Eventually things start wearing out. There's always something you can be doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33863]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like a house. Eventually things start wearing out. There's always something you can be doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is going to be an interesting budget year. It'll all work out ... but it may be that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29336]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is going to be an interesting budget year. It'll all work out ... but it may be that we just meet our needs this year and do fewer wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jupiter and the MonkeyJupiter issued a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jupiter and the MonkeyJupiter issued a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring should be deemed the handsomest. The Monkey came with the rest and presented, with all a mother's tenderness, a flat-nosed, hairless, ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward. A general laugh saluted her on the presentation of her son. She resolutely said, I know not whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son, but this I do know, that he is at least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and most beautiful of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43225]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43225</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[The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10487]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise. Thou art wise when thou art poor, without desire of this world, and despisest thyself for the love of Jesus Christ; and expendeth all thy wit and all thy might in His service. Whoso will love wisely, it behoves him to love lasting things lastingly, and passing things passingly; so that his heart be set and fastened on nothing but in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16202]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eight months out of the year you can play tournaments in Montana. There are tournaments everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eight months out of the year you can play tournaments in Montana. There are tournaments everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to show how over his head he is, ... We were always terrified of that scene. The audience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39260]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to show how over his head he is, ... We were always terrified of that scene. The audience is so uncomfortable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king;  He shall cut pathways east and west,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16680]]></link><description><![CDATA[My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king;  He shall cut pathways east and west,   And fend you with his wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our common life is not a common course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6928]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our common life is not a common course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells of the earth, many a fair pearle in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells of the earth, many a fair pearle in the bosome of the sea, that never was seene nor never shall bee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't learn less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22056]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't learn less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  The whole being of any Christian is Faith and Love... Faith brings the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  The whole being of any Christian is Faith and Love... Faith brings the man to God, love brings him to men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did a thing on Malcolm in the Middle which I loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did a thing on Malcolm in the Middle which I loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . . .  Less base ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . . .  Less base the fear of death than fear of life.   O Britain! infamous for suicide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approachyou than when you approach them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21176]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approachyou than when you approach them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38081]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. He has quickly turned that around and really has played some great lacrosse in recent weeks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little drops of rain Whisper of the pain Tears of love Lost in the days gone by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little drops of rain Whisper of the pain Tears of love Lost in the days gone by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53345]]></link><description><![CDATA[We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe we loved so much was there. The pure, tender, loving spirit which loved us so tenderly, is above us -- loving us, praying for us, and free from all suffering and woe -- yes, that is a comfort, and that first birthday in another world must have been a far brighter one than any in this poor world below!.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that Iran will not become an obstacle to peace and security in Iraq. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40143]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that Iran will not become an obstacle to peace and security in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the outside looking in, this team has the potential to win right away, ... I can't wait to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33734]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the outside looking in, this team has the potential to win right away, ... I can't wait to get started. I will hit the round running. I will work very hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and thus burying your poor sardonyx? Such rings are more suited to your legs the weight is too great for fingers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41484</guid></item></channel></rss>