<?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[Whenever man decides that he is competent to do as he pleases he is soon enjoying Hell on earth, partly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever man decides that he is competent to do as he pleases he is soon enjoying Hell on earth, partly because much of what he pleases, except he know he must obey God, is low-down disgusting and partly because, even when he pleases to do something decent, he is mostly too weak-willed and too addle-pated to bring the same to good effect. Man must be redeemed by a power outside himself. I do not regard the over-determined "optimists" as silly; they seem to me only the victims of a wishful thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mony refused looseth its brightnesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David's shooting about 90 percent from the free throw line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33766]]></link><description><![CDATA[David's shooting about 90 percent from the free throw line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And beauty, for confiding youth, Those shocks of passion can prepare  That kill the bloom before its time,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45622]]></link><description><![CDATA[And beauty, for confiding youth, Those shocks of passion can prepare  That kill the bloom before its time,   And blanch, without the owner's crime,    The most resplendent hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26542]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47387]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61579]]></link><description><![CDATA[All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64282]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism is like Prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism is like Prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to Lord Salisbury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16570]]></link><description><![CDATA[That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she is the farther off."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31983]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools have quickly closed and thousands of people carrying machetes, some with guns, are rushing toward the military barracks. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Schools have quickly closed and thousands of people carrying machetes, some with guns, are rushing toward the military barracks. It could be bloody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O how grandly cometh Even, Sitting on the mountain summit,  Purple-vestured, grave, and silent,   Watching o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14260]]></link><description><![CDATA[O how grandly cometh Even, Sitting on the mountain summit,  Purple-vestured, grave, and silent,   Watching o'er the dewy valleys,    Like a good king near his end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53315]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,   Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2522]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59805]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder. [Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10657]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder. [Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who influences the thoughts of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20846]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who influences the thoughts of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God's sake, take this seriously. Don't behave normally. Don't look for compromises. Be great, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40848]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God's sake, take this seriously. Don't behave normally. Don't look for compromises. Be great,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satellite-delivered HDTV is driving the business for many of our customers, ... We are delighted to again help DIRECTV connect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satellite-delivered HDTV is driving the business for many of our customers, ... We are delighted to again help DIRECTV connect with its customers and expand its services in the United States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one safety. [Lat., Quo res cunque cadant, unum et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one safety. [Lat., Quo res cunque cadant, unum et commune periculum,  Una salus ambobus erit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24218]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43243]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What mighty contests rise from trivial things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What mighty contests rise from trivial things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We expect those room rates to increase another 6-8 percent this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35808]]></link><description><![CDATA[We expect those room rates to increase another 6-8 percent this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the mother of Truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the mother of Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stern delight that warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51108]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stern delight that warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years but we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years but we won both games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As cold as any stone. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55950]]></link><description><![CDATA[As cold as any stone. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19963]]></link><description><![CDATA[But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last four games we had great practices. For four weeks we concentrated on defensive intensity and finishing games out. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30532]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last four games we had great practices. For four weeks we concentrated on defensive intensity and finishing games out. The 1-3-1 zone has been working really well for us. We force turnovers by the other team and get the fast break going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15069]]></link><description><![CDATA[In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has the potential to be a seminal film. That's if people dig it, and I think they will. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33992]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has the potential to be a seminal film. That's if people dig it, and I think they will. This is a film with a universal message. People who are 12 and people who are 45 will get something out of it that they can take back to their own lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started playing a little bit soft, playing some zone. Probably shouldn't have done it. Probably should have just kept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35372]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started playing a little bit soft, playing some zone. Probably shouldn't have done it. Probably should have just kept on going and kept on grinding. But the third quarter was lights out. That was an awesome performance out of the kids, and we got turnovers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35372</guid></item></channel></rss>