<?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[He that blames would buy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49324]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that blames would buy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11153]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Princess and the Pea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Princess and the Pea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5920]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can one review thousands and thousands of pages in just a matter of a few days? This court has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28228]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can one review thousands and thousands of pages in just a matter of a few days? This court has been deliberating with the evidence for the past year, but it has been keeping it away from the defense, which is not fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are moments in the music that are really talking about the violence, as a society, that we do to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33178]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are moments in the music that are really talking about the violence, as a society, that we do to our water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art must take reality by surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art must take reality by surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,  Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62156]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,  Then is the day of crumbling not far off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr   Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr   Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60845]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52896]]></link><description><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never hit a ball that far that didn't go over a fence. I think it really got us going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34770]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never hit a ball that far that didn't go over a fence. I think it really got us going and helped carry us a little bit. It was a great day today to be in this atmosphere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11916]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own image]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43600]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to our heart and to reckon with him as though he were a logical proposition or a problem in accounting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church is not a tribe for the improvement in holiness of people who think it would be pleasant to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7857]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Church is not a tribe for the improvement in holiness of people who think it would be pleasant to be holy, a means to the integration of character for those who cannot bear their conflicts. It is a statement of the divine intention for humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me it's a European-type movie, ... It's a small story about family and it's these kinds of characters that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32624]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me it's a European-type movie, ... It's a small story about family and it's these kinds of characters that I most like to portray and I'm not always given the opportunity to do that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws,  And welcomes little fishes in   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16060]]></link><description><![CDATA[How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws,  And welcomes little fishes in   With gently smiling jaws!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yon nightingale, whose strain so sweetly flows, Mourning her ravish'd young or much-loved mate,  A soothing charm o'er all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yon nightingale, whose strain so sweetly flows, Mourning her ravish'd young or much-loved mate,  A soothing charm o'er all the valleys throws   And skies, with notes well tuned to her and state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20177]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, W. B. Yeats and Others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the doctors and the sages Have differ'd in all climes and ages,  And two in fifty scarce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43106]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the doctors and the sages Have differ'd in all climes and ages,  And two in fifty scarce agree   On what is pure morality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wear the old coat and buy the new book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wear the old coat and buy the new book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18271]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a voice in the Universe urging us to remember our purpose for being on this great Earth. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64015]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a voice in the Universe urging us to remember our purpose for being on this great Earth. This is the voice of inspiration, which is within each and every one of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12762]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God wanted women to understand men, football would never have been created. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57580]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God wanted women to understand men, football would never have been created.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5455]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light tomorrow with today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light tomorrow with today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57865]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, as long as there is enough of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All locations are looking at that possibility. The more it's accepted in the marketplace, the more it catches on, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41244]]></link><description><![CDATA[All locations are looking at that possibility. The more it's accepted in the marketplace, the more it catches on, you will see that next level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60439]]></link><description><![CDATA[My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no fear of God before their eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17685]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no fear of God before their eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense, And love th' offender, yet detest the offence? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56396]]></link><description><![CDATA[How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense, And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, we have injected uranium hexafluoride gas into a limited number of centrifuge machines, but it is even less than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, we have injected uranium hexafluoride gas into a limited number of centrifuge machines, but it is even less than is needed for a pilot project.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37649]]></link><description><![CDATA[I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there are perhaps four playwrights of the 20th century that we could not have done without: Chekhov, Pirandello, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there are perhaps four playwrights of the 20th century that we could not have done without: Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht and Beckett. If you've got those four, you've got the century covered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49081</guid></item></channel></rss>