<?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[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   You have no questions to ask of any body, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   You have no questions to ask of any body, no new way that you need inquire after; no oracle that you need to consult; for whilst you shut yourself up in patience, meekness, humility, and resignation to God, you are in the very arms of Christ, your heart is His dwelling-place, and He lives and works in you as certainly as He lived in and governed that body and soul which He took from the Virgin Mary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mysteries are not necessarily miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably have to run up to him real quick and give it to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57075]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never buy shoes early in the day when your feet are their smallest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never buy shoes early in the day when your feet are their smallest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've spent most of my life golfing - the rest I've just wasted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17806]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've spent most of my life golfing - the rest I've just wasted]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses,  When pleasant sights salute the eyes  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23569]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses,  When pleasant sights salute the eyes   And pleasant scents the noses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pullit out and strike it, merely to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pullit out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes me feel good to walk through there and know that some of the things that Negro League players ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36249]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes me feel good to walk through there and know that some of the things that Negro League players played for has been preserved, and people can go in there, and look at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you start a conversation with the assumptionthat you are right or that you must win,obviously it is difficult to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9065]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you start a conversation with the assumptionthat you are right or that you must win,obviously it is difficult to talk.He is author of the Citizenship Papers and answeredquestions at a Washington DC book store.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a symbol unmoors itself from what it symbolizes, it loses meaning. It becomes ineffective ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58502]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a symbol unmoors itself from what it symbolizes, it loses meaning. It becomes ineffective]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, 'I was beaten'; he does not say 'My men were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24469]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, 'I was beaten'; he does not say 'My men were beaten.'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22993]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I truly believe our league is the toughest league (in the state) as far as teams from top to bottom. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31961]]></link><description><![CDATA[I truly believe our league is the toughest league (in the state) as far as teams from top to bottom. On any given night, any given team can get a victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A royal train, believe me. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56049]]></link><description><![CDATA[A royal train, believe me. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are made to be loved, not understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are made to be loved, not understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need a full accounting of the Bush administration's spending on advertising, PR, and fake news. It's time for Congress ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32179]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need a full accounting of the Bush administration's spending on advertising, PR, and fake news. It's time for Congress to reclaim its constitutional role as a counterweight to the executive branch and permanently cut off funding for covert propaganda. We must ensure that taxpayer money isn't being spent by the White House to secretly manipulate the American public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper.When people have learned this lesson, everyone will seek his individual welfare ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15977]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper.When people have learned this lesson, everyone will seek his individual welfare in the general welfare. Then jealousies between man and man, city and city, province and province, nation and nation, will no longer trouble the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the girl next door. Her hair color is high-maintenance, but she's totally comfortable pulling it back, putting on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32073]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the girl next door. Her hair color is high-maintenance, but she's totally comfortable pulling it back, putting on a ball cap or beret as the all-American girl-on-the-go. She's totally sweet, fun loving ... she probably bakes cookies. Guaranteed, her cell phone rings off the hook.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52732]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26969]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15442]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17835]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63817]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to think that economies of scale make this more plausible. We've created a behemoth in the card industry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32292]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to think that economies of scale make this more plausible. We've created a behemoth in the card industry through this merger, and things like this seem like a natural progression going forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don't like tough, abrasive guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46040]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48154]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House--with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59954]]></link><description><![CDATA[A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four;  Stella's wit is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four;  Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face,   She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for, his sins. One may passively be cast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for, his sins. One may passively be cast down by God's terrors, and yet not willingly throw himself down as he ought at God's footstool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to do whatever needs to be done to help us win. The adrenaline was pumping inside me, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28446]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to do whatever needs to be done to help us win. The adrenaline was pumping inside me, and all I wanted to do is get guys out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We estimate the first phase will take 18 to 24 months to complete. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30955]]></link><description><![CDATA[We estimate the first phase will take 18 to 24 months to complete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend to all is a friend to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64698]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend to all is a friend to none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I'm hoping it will be easier. I have the reason to do it, though. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33895]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I'm hoping it will be easier. I have the reason to do it, though.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the day there cometh the derke night; For though the day be never so longe,  At last the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11141]]></link><description><![CDATA[After the day there cometh the derke night; For though the day be never so longe,  At last the belles ringeth to evensonge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11141</guid></item></channel></rss>