<?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[Who, to patch up his fame--or fill his purse-- Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse;  Like gypsies, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who, to patch up his fame--or fill his purse-- Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse;  Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known,   Defacing first, then claiming for his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day! -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55330]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day! -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to film is that it's an illusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to film is that it's an illusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14922]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neil: The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neil: The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've already proved so many things, but they always feel like they have to prove something. That's part of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31050]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've already proved so many things, but they always feel like they have to prove something. That's part of what makes them the No. 1 team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. [Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi  Nulla potest placare quies.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. [Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi  Nulla potest placare quies.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45737]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32004]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will be to coordinate inquiries and efforts, exchange information and plan for the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29320]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will be to coordinate inquiries and efforts, exchange information and plan for the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soule needs few things, the body many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49917]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soule needs few things, the body many.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anything, we did overkill, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35570]]></link><description><![CDATA[If anything, we did overkill,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14361]]></link><description><![CDATA[This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called "natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . not by way of the forced and worn formula of Romaticism, but throught the closeness of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23810]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . not by way of the forced and worn formula of Romaticism, but throught the closeness of an imagination that has never broken kinship with nature. Art must accept such gifts, and revaluate the giver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowhere to fall but off; Nowhere to stand but on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nowhere to fall but off; Nowhere to stand but on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did what was best for the horse, not what other people thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36313]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did what was best for the horse, not what other people thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A warmed-up dinner was never worth much. [Fr., Un diner rechauffe ne valut jamais rien.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13173]]></link><description><![CDATA[A warmed-up dinner was never worth much. [Fr., Un diner rechauffe ne valut jamais rien.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They knocked out the roof in three hours. They knew what they were doing. That's God's miracle; he filled the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30024]]></link><description><![CDATA[They knocked out the roof in three hours. They knew what they were doing. That's God's miracle; he filled the need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two ill meales make the third a glutton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two ill meales make the third a glutton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We agreed in Cairo on a collective truce and the retaliation, therefore, should be collective, too, because this is an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41288]]></link><description><![CDATA[We agreed in Cairo on a collective truce and the retaliation, therefore, should be collective, too, because this is an Israeli carnage, the result of which must be shared by all parties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My lords, we are vertebrate animals, we are mammalia! My learned friend's manner would be intolerable in Almighty God to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26227]]></link><description><![CDATA[My lords, we are vertebrate animals, we are mammalia! My learned friend's manner would be intolerable in Almighty God to a black beetle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The word "Action!" frees me - the transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8690]]></link><description><![CDATA[The word "Action!" frees me - the transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is going to be plenty of good digging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32520]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is going to be plenty of good digging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nitrate doesn't appear to be present at levels of concern in groundwater deeper than about 150 feet. In general, elevated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nitrate doesn't appear to be present at levels of concern in groundwater deeper than about 150 feet. In general, elevated nitrate levels were found in shallow wells and not in deep wells.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always fascinated by India. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35304]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always fascinated by India.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation of justice is good faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23600]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation of justice is good faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is the conclusion of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is the conclusion of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He held his seat; a friend to human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19952]]></link><description><![CDATA[He held his seat; a friend to human race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;  To murder thousands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43407]]></link><description><![CDATA[One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;  To murder thousands takes a specious name,   War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that? Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that? Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43753]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money can't buy real friendship—friendship must be earned. Money can't buy a clear conscience—square dealing is the price tag. Money ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money can't buy real friendship—friendship must be earned. Money can't buy a clear conscience—square dealing is the price tag. Money can't buy the glow of good health—right living is the secret. Money can't buy happiness—happiness is a mental condition and one may be as happy in a cottage as in a mansion. Money can't buy sunsets, songs of wild birds and the music of the wind in the trees—these are as free as the air we breath. Money can't buy inward peace—peace is the result of a constructive philosophy in life. Money can't buy a good character—good character is achieved through decent habits of private living and wholesome dealings in our open contacts with our fellow men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Reallife. But there was always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21120]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Reallife. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotthrough first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debtto be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that theseobstacles were my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21120</guid></item></channel></rss>