<?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[(Pedro:) In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. (Beatrice:) Yea, my lord; I thank it, poor fool, it keeps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27424]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Pedro:) In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. (Beatrice:) Yea, my lord; I thank it, poor fool, it keeps on the windy side of care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine, Thou robb'st me of a moiety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18346]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine, Thou robb'st me of a moiety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there were some things that needed to be taken from public view after September 11. But we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there were some things that needed to be taken from public view after September 11. But we have seen, around the country, a number of cases where information has been taken down in the absence of good public discussion. Those discussions need to take place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16938]]></link><description><![CDATA[To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to kill a fly on his friend's forehead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19305]]></link><description><![CDATA[History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes people can be a little fickle. They'll go for the newest, hottest thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes people can be a little fickle. They'll go for the newest, hottest thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61458]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. - Aeneid, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. - Aeneid, The.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64296]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46257]]></link><description><![CDATA[To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My Friends the Senses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2953]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about their explosiveness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about their explosiveness, what I have seen they have a lot of versatility,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54750]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit:  Sed nos in vitium credula turba sumus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the purpose of categorical algebra is to show that which is trivial, is trivially trivial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the purpose of categorical algebra is to show that which is trivial, is trivially trivial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest poetry was first experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46760]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest poetry was first experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lap of providence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lap of providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17572]]></link><description><![CDATA[For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29285]]></link><description><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That all-softening, overpowering knell, The tocsin of the soul--the dinner bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4103]]></link><description><![CDATA[That all-softening, overpowering knell, The tocsin of the soul--the dinner bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed is to make any' good' choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her  The flowery May, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her  The flowery May, who from her green lap throws   The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose.    Hail, bounteous May, that doth inspire     Mirth, and youth, and warm desire;      Woods and groves are of thy dressing,       Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing,        Thus we salute thee with our early song,         And welcome thee, and wish thee long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23729]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why? Is this guy afraid of me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why? Is this guy afraid of me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn not in the school, but in life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54768]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn not in the school, but in life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something must be allowed to custom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something must be allowed to custom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51886]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27665]]></link><description><![CDATA[When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44997]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caution is the eldest child of wisdom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caution is the eldest child of wisdom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice. -Nora Roberts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25880</guid></item></channel></rss>