<?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[As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14044]]></link><description><![CDATA[As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is mighty and will prevail. [Lat., Magna est veritas et praevalebit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is mighty and will prevail. [Lat., Magna est veritas et praevalebit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These instructions are making it very difficult if not impossible for defendants to prevail in these types of cases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38286]]></link><description><![CDATA[These instructions are making it very difficult if not impossible for defendants to prevail in these types of cases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17073]]></link><description><![CDATA[My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Olivia:) What's a drunken man like, fool? (Clown:) Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman. One draught above ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22936]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Olivia:) What's a drunken man like, fool? (Clown:) Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman. One draught above heat makes him a fool, the seconds mads him, and a third drowns him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47663]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors, and that's what it would take.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It affects working waterfront, access, scenic view and character of a town. We're really trying to open that discussion and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37813]]></link><description><![CDATA[It affects working waterfront, access, scenic view and character of a town. We're really trying to open that discussion and get towns to cooperate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59242]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't hold back because the student movement will continue and there could be some risks. There should be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't hold back because the student movement will continue and there could be some risks. There should be a strike next week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48568]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60112]]></link><description><![CDATA[America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This total and entire conversion of the inner man, this absolute doing away of the old and acceptance of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7957]]></link><description><![CDATA[This total and entire conversion of the inner man, this absolute doing away of the old and acceptance of the new life, being in its nature a real breach and not a formal one, necessarily involved a corresponding outward breach with the old form of life. Of this breach Baptism was the sacrament. In Baptism the change was effected and realized in fact. Baptism was not a mere formal external act, a symbol of a spiritual fact which was already complete without it. A Spiritual conversion which was not also a conversion of life was no conversion at all, but a delusion... With the heart man believes, with the mouth he confesses; but a mouth which does not confess disproves the existence of a heart that believes. The soul cannot be God's and the life not God's at the same time. The soul can not be recreated and the life remain unchanged. The spiritual breach is proved and realized and completed in the outward breach. Where there is no outward change, it is safe to deny an inward change. Faith without Baptism and all that Baptism involved was consequently no part of St. Paul's teaching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ever listen to Him, or else listen to Him only vaguely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lely on animated canvas stole The sleepy eye, that spoke the melting soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lely on animated canvas stole The sleepy eye, that spoke the melting soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everye white will have its blacke, And everye sweete its soure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everye white will have its blacke, And everye sweete its soure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29766]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows  To beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54927]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows  To beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21066]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to have a situation where Coach Chavis and Coach Slade say I want you to be on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to have a situation where Coach Chavis and Coach Slade say I want you to be on the best receiver and lock him down, stay on him the whole game, don't let him touch the ball, smother him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, and yet the cold blue word is spoken: say goodbye now to the Sun, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, and yet the cold blue word is spoken: say goodbye now to the Sun, the days of love and leaves are done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11189]]></link><description><![CDATA[For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now we are inundated with stuff, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now we are inundated with stuff,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1057]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47923]]></link><description><![CDATA[You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentably.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17235]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47480]]></link><description><![CDATA[To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely moral reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52296]]></link><description><![CDATA[We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really think, I just walk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13034]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really think, I just walk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do villainy, do, since you protest to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery:  The sun's a thief, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do villainy, do, since you protest to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery:  The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction   Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief,    And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;     The sea's a thief, whose liquid surges resolves      The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief,       That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n        From gen'ral excrement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12467]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's just scary how hurricanes or any kind of storms could just hit people and let people die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39010]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's just scary how hurricanes or any kind of storms could just hit people and let people die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was huge. He was ridiculously important [to the team]. This guy went out and all of a sudden he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30459]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was huge. He was ridiculously important [to the team]. This guy went out and all of a sudden he jumps in and he expected to work into the seventh every night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57654</guid></item></channel></rss>