<?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[I hope that happened by mistake. By mistake, I forgive her (the 15-year-old girl). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that happened by mistake. By mistake, I forgive her (the 15-year-old girl).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16331]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62226]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle. The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29389]]></link><description><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle. The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of rainy nights on the streets, so they got overcoats and wore them. They are young. Very refreshing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one thing we learned in 2005 is there is no simple answer or smoking gun for this. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one thing we learned in 2005 is there is no simple answer or smoking gun for this. This is a tough problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon But small, appear most long and terrible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58295]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon But small, appear most long and terrible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16657]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23713]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time ever since I could remember.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When admirals extoll'd for standing still, Of doing nothing with a deal of skill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23930]]></link><description><![CDATA[When admirals extoll'd for standing still, Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55764]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30989]]></link><description><![CDATA[My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The little waves, with their soft, white hands,    Efface the footprints in the sands,     And the tide rises, the tide falls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55913]]></link><description><![CDATA[I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't bring this church to the United States to be another Nigerian church. We are afraid with the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28562]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't bring this church to the United States to be another Nigerian church. We are afraid with the way things are going in the world and in America -- allowing people to do what they like, creating their own religion and philosophy -- those people are going to pay for it. We don't want that to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47579]]></link><description><![CDATA[As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am dismayed by the party on March 13 held by members of the men's lacrosse team at an off-campus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38127]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am dismayed by the party on March 13 held by members of the men's lacrosse team at an off-campus residence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merry lark he soars on high, No worldly thought o'ertakes him.  He sings aloud to the clear blue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24091]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merry lark he soars on high, No worldly thought o'ertakes him.  He sings aloud to the clear blue sky,   And the daylight that awakes him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18692]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, the people who are thousands of miles away from you, can make you feel better than people right beside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the people who are thousands of miles away from you, can make you feel better than people right beside you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's almost at the top, but not quite. There's room for some growth. He's already had such a tremendous impact, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38624]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's almost at the top, but not quite. There's room for some growth. He's already had such a tremendous impact, but I think he's come close to maxing out the benefit for golf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meek Walton's heavenly memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meek Walton's heavenly memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9994]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My guys didn't come on time to get taped, so the five guys that were here started. It's a discipline ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38713]]></link><description><![CDATA[My guys didn't come on time to get taped, so the five guys that were here started. It's a discipline thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monotheism is a gift from the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Monotheism is a gift from the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60521]]></link><description><![CDATA[If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never been convinced that the number of available hands is all that is important, however. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never been convinced that the number of available hands is all that is important, however.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to call up somebody in the community to help out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to call up somebody in the community to help out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we mixed up our defensive scheme a lot. That kind of caused some confusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38773]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we mixed up our defensive scheme a lot. That kind of caused some confusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64503]]></link><description><![CDATA[When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I good? I think so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I good? I think so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world gels better every day--then worse again in the evening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world gels better every day--then worse again in the evening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A married man turns his staffe into a stake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A married man turns his staffe into a stake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37199]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is the conscience of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is the conscience of the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Cloten:) Thou villain base, Know'st me not by my clothes?  (Guiderius:) No, nor thy tailor, rascal,   Who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2757]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Cloten:) Thou villain base, Know'st me not by my clothes?  (Guiderius:) No, nor thy tailor, rascal,   Who is thy grandfather. He made those clothes,    Which, as it seems, make thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26943</guid></item></channel></rss>