<?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[Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gwen was not there to deceive anyone. She had the right to live honestly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gwen was not there to deceive anyone. She had the right to live honestly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, within the leafy shade, Those bright blue eggs together laid!  On me the chance-discovered sight   Gleamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, within the leafy shade, Those bright blue eggs together laid!  On me the chance-discovered sight   Gleamed like a vision of delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can’t watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor’s tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way they're so proper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39282]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way they're so proper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History repeats itself; historians repeat each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19342]]></link><description><![CDATA[History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27029]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If his own prowess fails to compare with theirs, at least it has an air of greatness about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to change... is to let go of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to change... is to let go of fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, I came, saw, and overcame. -King Henry IV. Part II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, I came, saw, and overcame. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted topleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted topleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She that with poetry is won, Is but a desk to write upon;  And what men say of her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62006]]></link><description><![CDATA[She that with poetry is won, Is but a desk to write upon;  And what men say of her they mean   No more than on the thing they lean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ring out, will bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ring out, will bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34396]]></link><description><![CDATA[When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but any spark can ignite a fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55928]]></link><description><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness? -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I had lent my watch last night to one That dines to-day at the sheriff's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23260]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I had lent my watch last night to one That dines to-day at the sheriff's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I get on that field, I am faster than any defensive back there. I really am _ I get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37401]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I get on that field, I am faster than any defensive back there. I really am _ I get open and I get separation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act, and God will act ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act, and God will act]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41551]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/71]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/71</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22862]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not understand the creation of resources and wealth, the only intellectual alternative is to believe that increasing wealth must be at the cost of someone else. This belief that our good fortune must be an exploitation of others may be the taproot of false prophecy about doom that our evil ways must bring upon us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae metuant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24292]]></link><description><![CDATA[An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37988]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer spending. Companies that sell high- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer spending. Companies that sell high- quality goods, such as Isetan, are good picks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a greedy eating horse a short halter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49998]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a greedy eating horse a short halter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's special, especially in a team sport. It took a team effort to win. We weren't looking at this game ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31513]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's special, especially in a team sport. It took a team effort to win. We weren't looking at this game as his 300th win, we just looked at it as our first game of the season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24374]]></link><description><![CDATA[God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways:  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,   Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure this agreement is a fair solution for the clubs involved and for the player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40192]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure this agreement is a fair solution for the clubs involved and for the player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without courage all virtues lose their meaning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus The blessed son of God only In a crib full poor did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus The blessed son of God only In a crib full poor did lie; With our poor flesh and our poor blood Was clothed that everlasting good The Lord Christ Jesu, God's son dear, Was a guest and a stranger here; Us for to bring from misery, That we might live eternally. All this did he for us freely, For to declare his great mercy; All Christendom be merry therefore, And give him thanks for evermore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  The desire for certitude is natural enough and explains the human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  The desire for certitude is natural enough and explains the human tendency to mistake faith for certainty. This is not a specially religious mistake. We think of supernaturalism when faith is mentioned, but the naturalistic description of the world also operates on assumptions that require a faith as robust as does the most soaring mysticism. The usual efforts to skirt faith beg all the questions there are. A psychiatrist, for instance, who points out to you that you believe in God the Father because you need a father, or that you became a missionary to expiate your guilt feelings, may be quite correct, but he has not touched on the prior question as to whether there is, in fact, a cosmic father figure who is the archetype of all other fathers, or whether there is an evangel worth spending your life promulgating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6087]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. -Joan Baez.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6087</guid></item></channel></rss>