<?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[Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so long as you live peaceably, and you have the word of a king for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wagner's music is better than it sounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wagner's music is better than it sounds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are the days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9228]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are the days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I fight fairly, and in good faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34280]]></link><description><![CDATA[I fight fairly, and in good faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a life-style I chose for myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're pleased to know that at the congressional level they're realizing this is important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33599]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're pleased to know that at the congressional level they're realizing this is important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen Spielberg at a breast cancer benefit and he explained that he’d seen me on Saturday Night Live and thought I was ready for a movie. He said, ‘You go to the ledge and are unafraid to jump off.’ That was the biggest compliment to me because he was saying I was free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we had better start to learn it if we are not to be mere dumb aliens there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many roads must a man walk down Before your can call him a man? . . .  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2656]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many roads must a man walk down Before your can call him a man? . . .  The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,   The answer is blowin' in the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the fireflies, Wah-wah-taysee, Waved their torches to mislead him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16030]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the fireflies, Wah-wah-taysee, Waved their torches to mislead him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10611]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10611</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[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  We may search so far, and reason so long of faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  We may search so far, and reason so long of faith and grace, as that we may lose not only them, but even our reason too, and sooner become mad than good. Not that we are bound to believe any thing against reason, that is, to believe, we know not why. It is but a slack opinion, it is not Belief, that is not grounded upon Reason. It is true, we have not a Demonstration; not such an Evidence as that one and two are three, to prove these to be Scriptures of God; God hath not proceeded in that manner, to drive our reason into a pound, and to force it by a peremptory necessity to accept these for Scriptures, for then, here had been no exercise of our Will, and our assent, if we could not have resisted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is the epitaph of an emotion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is the epitaph of an emotion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is the best precept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is the best precept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The community really wanted to see a business in here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The community really wanted to see a business in here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally, we wouldn't want to make any statements based on one round of sampling. If there's much mixing going on, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally, we wouldn't want to make any statements based on one round of sampling. If there's much mixing going on, it could be difficult or impossible to tease apart the different sources.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66518]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51039]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8709]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In their search for environmental influences in human health, study researchers plan to examine such factors as the food children ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34096]]></link><description><![CDATA[In their search for environmental influences in human health, study researchers plan to examine such factors as the food children eat, the air they breathe, their schools and neighborhoods, how often they see a health care provider and even the composition of the house dust in their homes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really into those shows. But the more I learn in class, the more I'm interested in the real thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37561]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really into those shows. But the more I learn in class, the more I'm interested in the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John has a great deal of hockey experience and success on his resume, and he will help us immensely in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33975]]></link><description><![CDATA[John has a great deal of hockey experience and success on his resume, and he will help us immensely in our evaluation of pro prospects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47590]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every town needs a place to gather. We hope that this is just the beginning in terms of what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every town needs a place to gather. We hope that this is just the beginning in terms of what the park has to offer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Iranians were just jumping on the bandwagon. They want to galvanize people, keep them focused on an anti-Western agenda. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Iranians were just jumping on the bandwagon. They want to galvanize people, keep them focused on an anti-Western agenda.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone wants to beat Michael on the track because it is the same as beating (Lance) Armstrong in the Tour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone wants to beat Michael on the track because it is the same as beating (Lance) Armstrong in the Tour de France,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore,  "For God's sake," others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12144]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore,  "For God's sake," others to assist.   [Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein Egoist    Und thut nicht leicht um Gottes Willen,     Was einem Andern nutzlich ist.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65691]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65691</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[Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, a good life, a great life is about "Why not?" May we never forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, a good life, a great life is about "Why not?" May we never forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard cases make bad law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard cases make bad law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt is the slavery of the free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debt is the slavery of the free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win,  By fearing to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win,  By fearing to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52664</guid></item></channel></rss>