<?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'm still wearing the pants I had in the eleventh grade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm still wearing the pants I had in the eleventh grade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing. [On the prospects for his 1997 movies The Rainmaker and Good Will Hunting].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born,  Sang with many a change,   Christmas carols until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born,  Sang with many a change,   Christmas carols until morn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For our men's relay team to come home as All-Americans shows the kind of success they're going to have in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32749]]></link><description><![CDATA[For our men's relay team to come home as All-Americans shows the kind of success they're going to have in the outdoor season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought upon one pair of English legs Did march three Frenchmen. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 6. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55957]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought upon one pair of English legs Did march three Frenchmen. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 6.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200   Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200   Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, and pleasures of the world may seem unworthy even of hatred -- may not even be encumbrances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13554]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43383]]></link><description><![CDATA[People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is he who bears a god within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is he who bears a god within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47981]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55986]]></link><description><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai. Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai. Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. You cannot know whither you are going or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7594]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. But why not take the Pilot on board who knows the nature of your sealed orders from the outset, and who will shape your entire voyage accordingly? He knows the shoals and the sandbanks, the rocks and the reefs, He will steer you safely into that celestial harbor where your anchor will be cast for eternity. Let His almighty nail-pierced hands hold the wheel, and you will be safe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63402]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is its author, and not man; he laid The key-note of all harmonies; he planned  All perfect combinations, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43435]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is its author, and not man; he laid The key-note of all harmonies; he planned  All perfect combinations, and he made   Us so that we could hear and understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we hire new coaches we have to ask what ideas they have for raising funds to support the program, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35042]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we hire new coaches we have to ask what ideas they have for raising funds to support the program,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9860]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful must take himself perpetually unfaithful to all the continual, successive, indefatigable, renascent errors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though I know he loves me, Tonight my heart is sad; His kiss was not so wonderful As all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I know he loves me, Tonight my heart is sad; His kiss was not so wonderful As all the dreams I had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9658]]></link><description><![CDATA[To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49406]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63832]]></link><description><![CDATA[As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4373]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a leap of faith. The agreement is under 10 pages long and we could have signed 100 pages, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41940]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a leap of faith. The agreement is under 10 pages long and we could have signed 100 pages, but what counts is not words but deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a story of violence and intolerance but in a contemporary way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41429]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a story of violence and intolerance but in a contemporary way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never was anything so inconsistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never was anything so inconsistent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garner came out not real strong. But he pitched well throughout. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Garner came out not real strong. But he pitched well throughout.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my life is done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my life is done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We figured it's about time we tried to put on a really good show. It's hard to do that when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32468]]></link><description><![CDATA[We figured it's about time we tried to put on a really good show. It's hard to do that when you're going out drinking every night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did he so often lodge in open field, In winter's cold and summer's parching heat,  To conquer France, his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did he so often lodge in open field, In winter's cold and summer's parching heat,  To conquer France, his true inheritance?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tools we use have a profound (and devious!) influence on our thinking habits, and, therefore, on our thinking abilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9521]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tools we use have a profound (and devious!) influence on our thinking habits, and, therefore, on our thinking abilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see these guys on TV all the time and you always wonder if I could play in the majors. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31503]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see these guys on TV all the time and you always wonder if I could play in the majors. You get a chance to do it and are actually doing it. You see they are just like you, that they put their pants on one leg at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43387]]></link><description><![CDATA[You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43387</guid></item></channel></rss>