<?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 aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47166]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/160]]></link><description><![CDATA[All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26049]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I draw whatever hits me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I draw whatever hits me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a pair of brown corduroys like mine instead of this awful, boring blue denim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, The place is dignified by the doer's deed. -All 's Well that Ends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55721]]></link><description><![CDATA[From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, The place is dignified by the doer's deed. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never repent of having eaten too little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65357]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never repent of having eaten too little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65949]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very delicate situation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35817]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very delicate situation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody contributed. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody contributed. I believe by the end of the season we'll be a pretty good team. To finish in the top half at this tournament is a good sign.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, it's very easy to be witty tomorrow, after you get a chance to do some research and rehearse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, it's very easy to be witty tomorrow, after you get a chance to do some research and rehearse your ad libs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We figure to ourselves The thing we like, and then we build it up  As chance will have it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15292]]></link><description><![CDATA[We figure to ourselves The thing we like, and then we build it up  As chance will have it, on the rock or sand:   For Thought is tired of wandering o'er the world,    And homebound Fancy runs her bark ashore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest guy you ever met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31867]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest guy you ever met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21284]]></link><description><![CDATA[One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,  Wherein the graver had a strife ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55324]]></link><description><![CDATA[This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,  Wherein the graver had a strife   With Nature, to outdo the life:    Oh, could he but have drawn his wit     As well in brass, as he has hit      His face, the print would then surpass       All that was ever writ in brass;        But since he cannot, reader, look         Not on his picture, but his book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bear and the FoxA bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bear and the FoxA bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the most tender in his regard for man, for he had such respect for him that he would not even touch his dead body. A Fox hearing these words said with a smile to the Bear, Oh! that you would eat the dead and not the living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of our goals was to have a quarter where we only gave up nine points or less. Instead, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37388]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of our goals was to have a quarter where we only gave up nine points or less. Instead, we only gave up nine in the half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... a place where they dispense with justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10429]]></link><description><![CDATA[... a place where they dispense with justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25243]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more unforgiveable and dangerous than the pride of the intellect. It reveals a split personality in which faith is "observed" and appraised, thus negating that unity born of a dying-unto-self, which is the definition of faith. To "value" faith is to turn it into a metaphysical magic, the advantages of which ought to be reserved for a spiritual elite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43985]]></link><description><![CDATA[And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation of family - that\'s where it all begins for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation of family - that\'s where it all begins for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportune times for speaking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportune times for speaking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50312</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[The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East or Asia, laws and medical care are very different. We strive to make sure that travelers have the same information we as diplomats have. Americans and Western interests are targets, and Americans should be aware of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were coming off our moratorium, and we had a few shots that just didn't fall for us. We didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were coming off our moratorium, and we had a few shots that just didn't fall for us. We didn't play particularly well early in the game, but we were able to come back and play stronger in the third and fourth quarter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is probably the best group of players in my years here. If we can hold it together emotionally and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37626]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is probably the best group of players in my years here. If we can hold it together emotionally and focus on what is in front of us, we should be a playoff team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/879]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am gone, remember me with smiles and laughter, as that is how I will remember you. But if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53783]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am gone, remember me with smiles and laughter, as that is how I will remember you. But if you should remember me with tears and sorrow, I may not remember you at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45467]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me singing in the Wilderness--   On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1863]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are very, very provoked, ... They are boiling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28534]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are very, very provoked, ... They are boiling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is turning one's worst moments into money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods, they have never forgotten this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5349]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods, they have never forgotten this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act as if it were impossible to fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act as if it were impossible to fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4455]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood ... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sneer is the weapon of the weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54700]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sneer is the weapon of the weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits of close attention, thinking heads, Become more rare as dissipation spreads,  Till authors hear at length one general ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits of close attention, thinking heads, Become more rare as dissipation spreads,  Till authors hear at length one general cry   Tickle and entertain us, or we die!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no darkness but ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20375]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no darkness but ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27802</guid></item></channel></rss>