<?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[Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6079]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All real education is the architecture of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13501]]></link><description><![CDATA[All real education is the architecture of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite a number of observers have commented on my coolness during various riotous concerts which I performed at during those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite a number of observers have commented on my coolness during various riotous concerts which I performed at during those first tumultuous years of the armistice between World War I and World War II. The reason is very simple: I was armed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate and I love. Perchance you ask why I do that. I know not, but I feel that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18845]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate and I love. Perchance you ask why I do that. I know not, but I feel that I do and I am tortured. [Lat., Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since when was genius found respectable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since when was genius found respectable?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heednever take advantage of the things you neednever let yourself be overcome by greedwalk the straight and narrow and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heednever take advantage of the things you neednever let yourself be overcome by greedwalk the straight and narrow and you shall succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64496]]></link><description><![CDATA[All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[News, news, news, my gossiping friends, I have wonderful news to tell,  A lady by me her compliments sends; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44461]]></link><description><![CDATA[News, news, news, my gossiping friends, I have wonderful news to tell,  A lady by me her compliments sends;   And this is the news from Hell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contract With Women of the USA ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contract With Women of the USA]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59238]]></link><description><![CDATA[One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She concedes that she's the one she pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27884]]></link><description><![CDATA[She concedes that she's the one she pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43731]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going back home, and we have a big game because Denver is playing really good basketball. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32703]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going back home, and we have a big game because Denver is playing really good basketball. It is going to be a challenge because we need a win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not raining to me, It's raining daffodils;  In every dimpled drop I see   Wild flowers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52938]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not raining to me, It's raining daffodils;  In every dimpled drop I see   Wild flowers on distant hills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action -- you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things... You are not called to get to heaven, to do good, or to be good -- you are called to belong to Jesus Christ. The doing good, the being good, and the getting to heaven, are the by-products of that belonging. The center of conversion is the belonging of a person to a Person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lover without discretion is no lover at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12456]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lover without discretion is no lover at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26622]]></link><description><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for- because unless we stand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for- because unless we stand for something we shall fall for anything]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Hollywood all the marriages are happy, it's tryingto live together afterwards that causes all the problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21337]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Hollywood all the marriages are happy, it's tryingto live together afterwards that causes all the problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24565]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I see at this moment are the signs of a normal market. Previously, there was a frenzy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31828]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I see at this moment are the signs of a normal market. Previously, there was a frenzy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conciseness is the sister of talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conciseness is the sister of talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have called this principle, by which, each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have called this principle, by which, each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23074]]></link><description><![CDATA[A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61969]]></link><description><![CDATA[As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea, into which the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea, into which the more I enter the more I find, and the more I find the more I seek. The soul cannot be satiated in your abyss, for she continually hungers after you, the eternal Trinity, desiring to see you with the light of your light. As the hart desires the springs of living water, so my soul desires to leave the prison of this dark body and see you in truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are never a loser until you quit trying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10417]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are never a loser until you quit trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9655]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58485</guid></item></channel></rss>