<?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[The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. [Lat., Fundamenta ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. [Lat., Fundamenta justitiae sunt, ut ne cui noceatur, deinde ut communi utilitati serviatur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm able to work with guys who are able to do what they want with a baseball and understand pitching ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32653]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm able to work with guys who are able to do what they want with a baseball and understand pitching concepts and the approach they need to take, it is a relief in a sense because I'm able to communicate with them on a better level to understand pitching. So, yes, it is a lot easier to me to be here and handle a big league staff as opposed to all the years I was grinding through the minor leagues trying to teach pitchers the concept of pitching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/735]]></link><description><![CDATA[What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28878]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43852]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life away in fruitless efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For use almost can change the stamp of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51268]]></link><description><![CDATA[For use almost can change the stamp of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24836]]></link><description><![CDATA[This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are glamorous. They project ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.Elves are terrific. They beget terror.The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.No one ever said elves are nice.Elves are bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make a defense or apology before you are accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who is 25 or 30 years old has physical scars from all sorts of things, from tuberculosis to polio. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who is 25 or 30 years old has physical scars from all sorts of things, from tuberculosis to polio. It's the same with the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist  "Thou shalt not" is the beginning of wisdom. But the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist  "Thou shalt not" is the beginning of wisdom. But the end of wisdom, the new law, is, "Thou shalt." To be Christian is to be old? Not a bit of it. To be Christian is to be reborn, and free, and unafraid, and immortally young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that goes softly goes safely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50985]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that goes softly goes safely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, "culture." It's an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, "culture." It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing "art" to defend their collapsing culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was more interested in having a discussion on Proust than on Welles, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36928]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was more interested in having a discussion on Proust than on Welles,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're setting up investment banking now ... people will be on the ground this year. It's one of the big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31368]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're setting up investment banking now ... people will be on the ground this year. It's one of the big opportunities our senior management sees globally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38903]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions have vested interests just as men have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions have vested interests just as men have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kim couldn't have done that routine better. She had a great week at practice and came in very confident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kim couldn't have done that routine better. She had a great week at practice and came in very confident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is the example of the external seductiveness of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24889]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is the example of the external seductiveness of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64884]]></link><description><![CDATA[When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9500]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of those things that's not 100 percent of one or the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of those things that's not 100 percent of one or the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As abeing of power, intelligence, and love, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As abeing of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts,he holds the key to every situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Priscian! a little scratched, 't will serve. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Priscian! a little scratched, 't will serve. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is a source of great strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is a source of great strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the only priorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united;  For never but by British hands   Maun British ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united;  For never but by British hands   Maun British wrangs be righted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44255]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideals are very often formed in the effort to escape from the hard task of dealing with facts, which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideals are very often formed in the effort to escape from the hard task of dealing with facts, which is the function of science and art. There is no process by which to reach an ideal. There are no tests by which to verify it. It is therefore impossible to frame a proposition about an ideal which can be proved or disproved. It follows that the use of ideals is to be strictly limited to proper cases, and that the attempt to use ideals in social discussion does not deserve serious consideration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45274]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24186]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/910]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts do not "speak for themselves." They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts do not "speak for themselves." They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2484]]></link><description><![CDATA[A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A deal of skimble-skamble stuff. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A deal of skimble-skamble stuff. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is much that is bad and meaningless in the universe, and the universe contains men who know that much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8340]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is much that is bad and meaningless in the universe, and the universe contains men who know that much is bad and meaningless. The Christian answer is that this is a good world gone wrong, but with a memory of what it should have been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first hundred years are the hardest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24865]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first hundred years are the hardest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time; If ever you have look'd on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55654</guid></item></channel></rss>