<?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[Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it wasn't damaged by water, looters took it. We can't find out until we can get in there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42636]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it wasn't damaged by water, looters took it. We can't find out until we can get in there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9635]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52147]]></link><description><![CDATA[No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a danger to myself if I get angry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a danger to myself if I get angry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who friendship with a knave hath made, Is judg'd a partner in the trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who friendship with a knave hath made, Is judg'd a partner in the trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several historians have said there has not been one acquittal since the Bolshevik Revolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11610]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident. [Ger., Nichts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident. [Ger., Nichts unter der Sonne ist Zufall--am wenigsten das wovon die Absicht so klar in die Augen leuchtet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66164]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore,  "For God's sake," others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12144]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore,  "For God's sake," others to assist.   [Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein Egoist    Und thut nicht leicht um Gottes Willen,     Was einem Andern nutzlich ist.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a wonderful job for baseball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34360]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a wonderful job for baseball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He not busy being born is busy dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21288]]></link><description><![CDATA[He not busy being born is busy dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21288</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[I did actually think about that quite long and hard, I must admit, when you've been No.1 for 10 years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35428]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did actually think about that quite long and hard, I must admit, when you've been No.1 for 10 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32716]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48593]]></link><description><![CDATA[All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42950]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's her role [as a scorer]. She was on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40325]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's her role [as a scorer]. She was on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46179]]></link><description><![CDATA[To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36141]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47453]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42841]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   Some there are who presume so far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves capable of measuring the whole nature of things by their intellect, in that they esteem all things true which they see, and false which they see not. Accordingly, in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption, and seek the truth humbly, it was necessary that certain things far surpassing his intellect should be proposed to man by God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very tragic. You never think it could happen to you. It makes you more thankful for what you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very tragic. You never think it could happen to you. It makes you more thankful for what you have and your family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besides winning, [the most fun thing is] getting out there and mixing it up with friends; it's the competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Besides winning, [the most fun thing is] getting out there and mixing it up with friends; it's the competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come backto the pleasant fact that there are only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come backto the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Creed sets forth what Christ suffered in the sight of men, and then appositely speaks of that invisible and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7746]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Creed sets forth what Christ suffered in the sight of men, and then appositely speaks of that invisible and incomprehensible judgment which he underwent in the sight of God in order that we might know not only that Christ's body was given as the price of our redemption, but that he paid a greater and more excellent price in suffering in his soul the terrible torments of a condemned and forsaken man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62035]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clouds on clouds, in volumes driven, Curtain round the vault of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clouds on clouds, in volumes driven, Curtain round the vault of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39597]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30586]]></link><description><![CDATA[When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38812]]></link><description><![CDATA[[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was a primary evacuation point for residents from the more southerly parishes -- counties -- of Louisiana.] So there were more people, ... and so there was more crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood is thicker than water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blood is thicker than water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not routine, but it's pretty close to it. He should be as good as new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35903]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not routine, but it's pretty close to it. He should be as good as new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61856]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem is that people don't see these diseases and think they no longer exist. These viruses and diseases are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32276]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem is that people don't see these diseases and think they no longer exist. These viruses and diseases are still circulating around the world and are just a plane ride away, and they will return if we don't keep our vaccination rates up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18204]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18204</guid></item></channel></rss>