<?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[Opposites are not contradictory but complementary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mirror of all courtesy. -King Henry VIII. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mirror of all courtesy. -King Henry VIII. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49043]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26793]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the imperial vot'ress passed on,   In maiden meditation, fancy-free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to try, no matter how awkward you feel, than not to try it at all. Would you rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38493]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to try, no matter how awkward you feel, than not to try it at all. Would you rather deal with the consequences or the prevention?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield,  Nature's, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield,  Nature's, not honour's law we must obey:   This made me cast my useless shield away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66517]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1446]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly some men there be That live always in great horrour,  And say it goeth by destiny   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly some men there be That live always in great horrour,  And say it goeth by destiny   To hang or wed: both hath one hour;    And whether it be, I am well sure,     Hanging is better of the twain;      Sooner done, and shorter pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; now also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41119]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of European politicians. In the last decade, however, that contact with the American ally can result in at least as many headaches as it does advantages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can hide all things, excepting twain-- That he is drunk, and that he is in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54969]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can hide all things, excepting twain-- That he is drunk, and that he is in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity and treating begin at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity and treating begin at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42620]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overwork: n., a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overwork: n., a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can leave. I'll stay here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34794]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can leave. I'll stay here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20844]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2436]]></link><description><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His golden locks time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!  His youth 'gainst ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50820]]></link><description><![CDATA[His golden locks time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!  His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,   But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage, And pious action, we do sugar o'er  The devil himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51264]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage, And pious action, we do sugar o'er  The devil himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and fortitude conquer all things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and fortitude conquer all things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the quality of your intent?Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53980]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the quality of your intent?Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even when the words do not seem harsh or offensive, the impact is shattering. What we could be experiencing is the intent behind the words. When we intend to do good, we do. When we intend to do harm, it happens. What each of us must come to realize is that our intent always comes through. We cannot sugarcoat the feelings in our heart of hearts. The emotion is the energy that motivates. We cannot ignore what we really want to create. We should be honest and do it the way we feel it. What we owe to ourselves and everyone around is to examine the reasons of our true intent.My intent will be evident in the results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/222]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect to harvest a valuable crop in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit had made the custom. [Lat., Morem fecerat usus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit had made the custom. [Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except through Jesus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except through Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12207]]></link><description><![CDATA["How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy money changers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40211]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's be quite honest about that, ... I've tried to get them to understand that in our interconnected world, we need to look at issues in much broader terms rather than narrow national interests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe;  Pattern in himself to know, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23517]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe;  Pattern in himself to know,   Grace to stand, and virtue go;    More nor less to others paying     Than by self-offenses weighing.      Shame to him whose cruel striking       Kills for faults of his own liking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, don't be sorrowful darling, And don't be sorrowful, pray:  Taking the year together, my dear,   There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, don't be sorrowful darling, And don't be sorrowful, pray:  Taking the year together, my dear,   There isn't more night than day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10708]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a secular, ostensibly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52228]]></link><description><![CDATA[A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a secular, ostensibly scientific way of affirming the primacy of "spirit" over matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52228</guid></item></channel></rss>