<?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[All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37182]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of God is the worship He inspires. That religion is strong which in its ritual and its modes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of God is the worship He inspires. That religion is strong which in its ritual and its modes of thought evokes an apprehension of the commanding vision. The worship of God is not a rule of safety: it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable. The death of religion comes with the repression of the high hope of adventure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26775]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow "too much.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They'd say, 'Thank you, but it's the people on the coast we're most concerned about,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39163]]></link><description><![CDATA[They'd say, 'Thank you, but it's the people on the coast we're most concerned about,']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where it concerns himself, Who's angry at a slander, makes it true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where it concerns himself, Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not uncommon to see kids on the school bus reading books and doing homework on the bus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29492]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not uncommon to see kids on the school bus reading books and doing homework on the bus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To eat at another's table is your ambition's height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13217]]></link><description><![CDATA[To eat at another's table is your ambition's height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41719]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last two years it has been working for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40784]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last two years it has been working for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very pleased to watch her, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very pleased to watch her,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One mustn't make the Christian life into a punctilious system of law, like the Jewish, for two reasons. (1) It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8543]]></link><description><![CDATA[One mustn't make the Christian life into a punctilious system of law, like the Jewish, for two reasons. (1) It raises scruples when we don't keep the routine. (2) It raises presumption when we do. Nothing gives one a more spuriously good conscience than keeping rules, even if there has been a total absence of all real charity and faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44351]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exactness is the sublimity of fools. [Fr., L'exactitude est le sublime des sots.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exactness is the sublimity of fools. [Fr., L'exactitude est le sublime des sots.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, throwing all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30460]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, throwing all of his pitches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45877]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. [Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior videbatur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this is the biggest disservice to middle-aged men. A lot of them used to look dignified, and now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35654]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this is the biggest disservice to middle-aged men. A lot of them used to look dignified, and now they look like rumpled old men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.(on whether he had visited the Parthenon during ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.(on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43476]]></link><description><![CDATA[After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never strove to rule the roast, She ne'er refus'd to pledge my toast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10140]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never strove to rule the roast, She ne'er refus'd to pledge my toast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The actor who slapped you on the stage waits behindthe curtain to congratulate you on your performanceSai Babahttp://www.vahini.org/downloads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/447]]></link><description><![CDATA[The actor who slapped you on the stage waits behindthe curtain to congratulate you on your performanceSai Babahttp://www.vahini.org/downloads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45914]]></link><description><![CDATA[For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,  Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,   Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,  Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,   Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,    I have no relish of them, but abound     In the division of each several crime,      Acting in many ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57755]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood horror movie. That three-headed dog that stands guard over a treasure was better left to the imagination. . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a fun group and I knew there was a competitive bent, but I just didn't know how competitive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41754]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a fun group and I knew there was a competitive bent, but I just didn't know how competitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage  War with the lines ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage  War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon,   Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth    After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever complains about a speech being too short! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27841]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever complains about a speech being too short!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18812]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3395]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cause a day keeps reality away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22052]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cause a day keeps reality away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't mind playing tough teams to start. This is only Game 1, and we still have a long way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40366]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't mind playing tough teams to start. This is only Game 1, and we still have a long way to go. We are going to evaluate our film and go from there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He causes so much attention that it kind of frees me up with one-on-one blocks and it helps me out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38181]]></link><description><![CDATA[He causes so much attention that it kind of frees me up with one-on-one blocks and it helps me out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To change and to change for the better are two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22139]]></link><description><![CDATA[To change and to change for the better are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2723]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress  Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,   And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess,    That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51886]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All griefes with bread are lesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49102]]></link><description><![CDATA[All griefes with bread are lesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cat and the CockA cat caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1548]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cat and the CockA cat caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him. He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep. The Cock defended himself by saying that he did this for the benefit of men, that they might rise in time for their labors. The Cat replied, Although you abound in specious apologies, I shall not remain supperless; and he made a meal of him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: "Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men become old, but they never become good ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men become old, but they never become good]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1894</guid></item></channel></rss>