<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A buck of the first head. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55488]]></link><description><![CDATA[A buck of the first head. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20525]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A living dog is better than a dead lion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48562]]></link><description><![CDATA[A living dog is better than a dead lion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[putting it to a funk beat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35317]]></link><description><![CDATA[putting it to a funk beat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53136]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones,  That men may rise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones,  That men may rise on stepping stones   Or their dead selves to higher things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11061]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66611]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ascetic believed that, because he was so holy, the Devil was permitted special liberties with him, and he found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ascetic believed that, because he was so holy, the Devil was permitted special liberties with him, and he found in his increasing agony of effort a token of divine approval. Not along this track lies the path of moral progress. Christianity says: face the evil once for all, and disown it. Then quiet the spirit in the presence of God. Let His perfections fill the field of vision. In particular, let the concrete embodiment of the goodness of God in Christ attract and absorb the gaze of the soul. Here is the righteousness, not as a fixed and abstract ideal, but in a living human person. The righteousness of Christ is a real achievement of God's own Spirit in man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is when two people know everything about eachother and are still friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is when two people know everything about eachother and are still friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes  Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up   This deer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4910]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes  Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up   This deer to th' stand o' th' stealer: and 'tis gold    Which makes the true man kill'd and saves the thief,     Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61670]]></link><description><![CDATA[He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10407]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six or seven months ago, I didn't think I'd be up here talking about a new basketball coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Six or seven months ago, I didn't think I'd be up here talking about a new basketball coach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're an open country with long-standing democratic traditions, and I think the Israelis will pretty much vote on who do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're an open country with long-standing democratic traditions, and I think the Israelis will pretty much vote on who do they trust on the way to move forward. The legacy of Sharon will live on, irrespective of who succeeds him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey;  And these have smaller still to bite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16215]]></link><description><![CDATA[So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey;  And these have smaller still to bite 'em,   And so proceed ad infinitum.    Thus every poet in his kind     Is bit by him that comes behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I see is a system that's being implemented and every week it appears that players understand it a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29868]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I see is a system that's being implemented and every week it appears that players understand it a little more and they play a little faster,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is no matter whether there is any God or no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine: A tenth is Sappho, maid divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine: A tenth is Sappho, maid divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with priests' skulls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with priests' skulls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you eliminate the inedible, whatever remains, however unpalatable, must be food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you eliminate the inedible, whatever remains, however unpalatable, must be food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will temporarily depress some economic activity, in much the same way a snowstorm could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will temporarily depress some economic activity, in much the same way a snowstorm could.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59567]]></link><description><![CDATA[I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64845]]></link><description><![CDATA[You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not want to provoke a frontal confrontation between the students and the military because if that happens, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33547]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not want to provoke a frontal confrontation between the students and the military because if that happens, the whole society loses because it would only lead to more anarchical violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51300]]></link><description><![CDATA[If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10230]]></link><description><![CDATA[My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most bosses know instinctively that their power depends more on employee's compliance than on threats or sanctions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most bosses know instinctively that their power depends more on employee's compliance than on threats or sanctions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61946]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diet is a selection of food that makes other people lose weight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12210]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diet is a selection of food that makes other people lose weight]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't invest in R&D, you're going to get left behind, because all the other companies are doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30060]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't invest in R&D, you're going to get left behind, because all the other companies are doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, orthey'll eventually conquer you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21571]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, orthey'll eventually conquer you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the 1960s and 1970s, the mine had already played out and several companies used it as a place to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40431]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the 1960s and 1970s, the mine had already played out and several companies used it as a place to put hazardous waste materials.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15040]]></link><description><![CDATA[When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prince, the moment he is crown'd, Inherits every virtue sound,  As emblems of the sovereign power,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54520]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prince, the moment he is crown'd, Inherits every virtue sound,  As emblems of the sovereign power,   Like other baubles in the Tower:    Is generous, valiant, just, and wise,     And so continues till he dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Nature had made all her birds, With no more cares to think on,  She gave a rippling laugh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4419]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Nature had made all her birds, With no more cares to think on,  She gave a rippling laugh and out   There flew a Bobolinkon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4419</guid></item></channel></rss>