<?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[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5254]]></link><description><![CDATA[You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don't plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61415]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam  Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65121]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not number One; he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57708]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not number One; he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38814]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we got this far. We've got nothing to be ashamed about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little boats should keep near shore ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little boats should keep near shore]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thine to work as well as pray, Clearing thorny wrongs away;  Plucking up the weeds of sin,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thine to work as well as pray, Clearing thorny wrongs away;  Plucking up the weeds of sin,   Letting heaven's warm sunshine in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many; and "tics" meaning bloodsucking creatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many; and "tics" meaning bloodsucking creatures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. - On the first moonwalk, July 20, 1969. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60230]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. - On the first moonwalk, July 20, 1969.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy is better unborn than untaught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58745]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy is better unborn than untaught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house,  Bequeathed down from many ancestors,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house,  Bequeathed down from many ancestors,   Which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world    In me to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't shit on your own doorstep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't shit on your own doorstep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46231]]></link><description><![CDATA[The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53526]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse servandam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse servandam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Africa, we're talking about a nation battling through immense poverty and he can't quite get it together to sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32344]]></link><description><![CDATA[With Africa, we're talking about a nation battling through immense poverty and he can't quite get it together to sing a song. On that day he just seemed like an odd image]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change thenature of the one who prays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change thenature of the one who prays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21366</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://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66328]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20474]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. [Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8715]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. [Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the difference between owning the building and just being the contractor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the difference between owning the building and just being the contractor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went and took it to the label, and they loved it, so we put it on the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37310]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went and took it to the label, and they loved it, so we put it on the record.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16017]]></link><description><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great thing about being an architect is you can walk into your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12898]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great thing about being an architect is you can walk into your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my hope that the 2006 Season of Justice will not only be a time to raise awareness on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29044]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my hope that the 2006 Season of Justice will not only be a time to raise awareness on our campus and in our community about justice issues around the world, but also a time for spiritual growth. It is our belief, and the belief of IJM, that God cares deeply about justice. As Christians, we are called to seek God and to do that fully we must also seek justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman;  Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman;  Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang   To step aside is human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is success that colours all in life, Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51767]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is success that colours all in life, Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK banks provide a crucial service to the community and our economic security depends on them. Amicus is calling on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42007]]></link><description><![CDATA[UK banks provide a crucial service to the community and our economic security depends on them. Amicus is calling on National Australia to reverse this decision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50012]]></link><description><![CDATA[To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is but the fate of place, and the rough brake That virtue must go through. -King Henry VIII. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56032]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is but the fate of place, and the rough brake That virtue must go through. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand drachmae. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand drachmae.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53815</guid></item></channel></rss>