<?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[What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66610]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All pitchers are born pitchers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63366]]></link><description><![CDATA[All pitchers are born pitchers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain:  They who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47758]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain:  They who have nothing have little to fear,   Nothing to lose or to gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'llbe halfway there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'llbe halfway there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't put any pressure on myself. It had been awhile since I started, so I was more calm on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't put any pressure on myself. It had been awhile since I started, so I was more calm on the mound. That way I could stay there longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52217]]></link><description><![CDATA[...definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding grows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1873]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51053]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64564]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better bend than break. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better bend than break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you not heard the poets tell How came the dainty Baby Bell  Into this world of ours? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you not heard the poets tell How came the dainty Baby Bell  Into this world of ours?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They condemn that which they cannot comprehend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48883]]></link><description><![CDATA[They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All German cities are blind, Nurnberg alone sees with one eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17393]]></link><description><![CDATA[All German cities are blind, Nurnberg alone sees with one eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51207]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have nothing to declare but my genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have nothing to declare but my genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to posterity, I may ask (with somebody whom I have forgot) what has it ever done to oblige me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47842]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to posterity, I may ask (with somebody whom I have forgot) what has it ever done to oblige me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is merely gossip ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17879]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is merely gossip]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63586]]></link><description><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,   Rememb'red tolling a departing friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are taking some comfort in results and a feeling that the economy is getting better, but there's still some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36837]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are taking some comfort in results and a feeling that the economy is getting better, but there's still some caution. We need to see more evidence of a sustainable recovery. We need companies to start seeing profits more through top-line growth than just cost-cutting measures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to be conspicuously accurate in everything, pictures as well as text. Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to be conspicuously accurate in everything, pictures as well as text. Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She walks--the lady of my delight-- A sheperdess of sheep.  Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56161]]></link><description><![CDATA[She walks--the lady of my delight-- A sheperdess of sheep.  Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white;   She guards them from the steep.    She feeds them on the fragrant height,     And folds them in for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Agency has been behind us all the way and has explained everything whenever we have had doubts or questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Agency has been behind us all the way and has explained everything whenever we have had doubts or questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48289]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead:  And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead:  And in whatever state a man be thrown,   'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We regret any disruption of service or inconvenience our patients and local physicians have experienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30158]]></link><description><![CDATA[We regret any disruption of service or inconvenience our patients and local physicians have experienced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment ofthe Palestinianson the Diane Rehm Show. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45969]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment ofthe Palestinianson the Diane Rehm Show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had come to know about their protest plan and had made arrangements in advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41363]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had come to know about their protest plan and had made arrangements in advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46633]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . . Our storydressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a high school student and this is from a poem I wrote called Sometimes He Wonders. You may split ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27679]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a high school student and this is from a poem I wrote called Sometimes He Wonders. You may split it into different parts if you'd like - right now I'll put it as Unsorted. And He feels so incredibly weak when he has ferociously quarreled against them since his genuine years and has lost. His hopes for a better understanding dissipate as he grows older, and his mind grows less eager to reach a verdict. Having no sense of direction, he roams here, looking above, asking futile questions, even though the answers may be feared. Good by nature, he has learned his survival skills, which will lead him into the real world, and will someday make him a successful individual. Wishing the pressure did not exist, it is a natural instinct to adapt and not to recluse. He rather is a mindless drone than a lonely Hermit, after all. He has no control over his environment, it is the exact opposite. Molded and shaped by his surroundings, he seeks about for himself and his purpose, while this mold slowly deteriorates organic matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[October turned by maple's leaves to gold; The most are gone now; here and there one lingers;  Soon these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44895]]></link><description><![CDATA[October turned by maple's leaves to gold; The most are gone now; here and there one lingers;  Soon these will slip from the twig's weak hold,   Like coins between a dying miser's fingers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9913]]></link><description><![CDATA[In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18133]]></link><description><![CDATA[No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62780]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4508]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13553]]></link><description><![CDATA[An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The process builds faith. You have to trust God and pray a lot - for yourself, for Habitat, for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The process builds faith. You have to trust God and pray a lot - for yourself, for Habitat, for the other families.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30025</guid></item></channel></rss>