<?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['T is strange that death should sing. I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55803]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is strange that death should sing. I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest. -King John. Act v. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is halfe spent before we know what it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So on the tip of his subduing tongue All kinds of arguments and question deep,  All replication prompt and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59489]]></link><description><![CDATA[So on the tip of his subduing tongue All kinds of arguments and question deep,  All replication prompt and reason strong,   For his advantage still did wake and sleep.    To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weep,     He had the dialect and different skill,      Catching all passions in his craft of will; . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23229]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money. [Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money. [Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle  The disorder of secularism is perhaps nowhere more apparent in our contemporary Church than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle  The disorder of secularism is perhaps nowhere more apparent in our contemporary Church than in the extent to which we have permitted the order of the world to creep into the order of the Church... That it should carry out its mission to the men in the middle classes of capitalist society is doubtless a part of the Church's order; but that the mission should result in the formation of a middle-class church which defends the secular outlook and interests of that class is an evident corruption.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the good and gentle; for this is a naturally pleasing to all, and everyone willingly enjoyeth peace, and loveth those best that agree with him. But to be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace, and a most commendable thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The free throws in the fourth quarter were big. This wasn't one of our best efforts. I think that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The free throws in the fourth quarter were big. This wasn't one of our best efforts. I think that is a sign of a good team, to not put up your best effort and still be able to win the district title.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41201]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53054]]></link><description><![CDATA[In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47833]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The danger is that a terrorist like Osama bin Laden who is very motivated ... gets a bomb out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35957]]></link><description><![CDATA[The danger is that a terrorist like Osama bin Laden who is very motivated ... gets a bomb out of a place like Russia. [Say] some crook steals it, he sells it to Osama bin Laden, Osama bin Laden brings it to Cleveland, or Boston, or L.A., and blows it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54789]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back home, people are really, really friendly. We grew up playing the same games and doing the same things. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back home, people are really, really friendly. We grew up playing the same games and doing the same things. It's different here because we don't have the same connection with kids. We're homesick most of the time, but we know we're here for a purpose and you try and make your dream happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a long lesson in humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a long lesson in humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21195]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4506]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infidelity in woman is a masculine trait ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infidelity in woman is a masculine trait]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25518]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do that in our zeal our calmer moment would be afraid to answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19371]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Maoists used to attack in remote areas and district headquarters and now they are targeting urban areas as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40273]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Maoists used to attack in remote areas and district headquarters and now they are targeting urban areas as they had made it clear that they will focus on disrupting the local polls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give this heavy weight from off my head And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand,  The pride of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give this heavy weight from off my head And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand,  The pride of kingly sway from out my heart.   With mine own tears I wash away my balm,    With mine own hands I give away my crown,     With mine own tongue deny my sacred state,      With mine own breath release all duty's rites.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46101]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And be the Spartan's epitaph on me-- "Sparta hath many a worthier son than he." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14089]]></link><description><![CDATA[And be the Spartan's epitaph on me-- "Sparta hath many a worthier son than he."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is a vast early warning system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19391]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is a vast early warning system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30609</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[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But even if Koizumi loses, the chances are very small that Japan will change its structural reform policies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39860]]></link><description><![CDATA[But even if Koizumi loses, the chances are very small that Japan will change its structural reform policies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18999]]></link><description><![CDATA[A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mechanism is always important, because without understanding it, it's difficult to predict how animal data would translate to people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mechanism is always important, because without understanding it, it's difficult to predict how animal data would translate to people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would lovingly carry out this historic mission even if it cost me my life. If I become a national ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42345]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would lovingly carry out this historic mission even if it cost me my life. If I become a national hero in America, this would be good for the Turkish people and the Turkish state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become a commodity and then you die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can see a lot just by observing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44779]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can see a lot just by observing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50867]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're saying Big Tobacco is going to be held to account for their products, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35509]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're saying Big Tobacco is going to be held to account for their products,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61335]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1250]]></link><description><![CDATA[While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1250</guid></item></channel></rss>