<?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[One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/978]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48971]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all forget. Memories are short. We need to go back and dust some things off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all forget. Memories are short. We need to go back and dust some things off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craft against craft makes no living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Craft against craft makes no living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art so witty, profligate and thin, At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art so witty, profligate and thin, At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's wide open, ... The obesity market is unique in that it is probably the largest market in the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35454]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's wide open, ... The obesity market is unique in that it is probably the largest market in the world. However, nothing really works well in terms of safety and tolerability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb    Lawless are they that make their wills ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb    Lawless are they that make their wills their law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24179]]></link><description><![CDATA[And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes are the portals of discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes are the portals of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18133]]></link><description><![CDATA[No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people want to preserve their American heritage, and they have the quaint belief that public lands belong to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people want to preserve their American heritage, and they have the quaint belief that public lands belong to them as much as to the people of the state where the lands are located.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The land is exceptionally beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39578]]></link><description><![CDATA[The land is exceptionally beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52576]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's just something to mislead the jury. And I don't think there's a problem anyway, because very few ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's just something to mislead the jury. And I don't think there's a problem anyway, because very few juries ever acquit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom: the desire for desires ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom: the desire for desires]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gay is not one of those writers who vomits on a page, then goes back and rewrites. He never moves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gay is not one of those writers who vomits on a page, then goes back and rewrites. He never moves on to a next sentence until he's perfectly happy with one he's written before. So he'll struggle with the opening paragraph of a chapter for weeks. This is laborious, not to mention painful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to talk about pride, I'm so proud that Fredericksburg could bring this quality of entertainment to town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35431]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to talk about pride, I'm so proud that Fredericksburg could bring this quality of entertainment to town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you play safety in this defense, you have to know a lot about where people fit, what's going on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35375]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you play safety in this defense, you have to know a lot about where people fit, what's going on and the whole big picture. Eric has a very good grasp of the picture, of our whole defense. He's going to get the guys lined up in the right spots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42626]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale armed conflict may now resume. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale armed conflict may now resume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier will  To take the indisposed and sickly fit  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12499]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier will  To take the indisposed and sickly fit   For the sound man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59969]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24363]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be ready to play whether it's Monday or Saturday. We're still at home, so that's cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39141]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be ready to play whether it's Monday or Saturday. We're still at home, so that's cool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21041]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have to walk back in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Know the road ahead, ask those coming back ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62837]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Know the road ahead, ask those coming back]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25415]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the Great;  Where neither guilty glory glows,   Nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the Great;  Where neither guilty glory glows,   Nor despicable state?    Yes--one the first, the last, the best,     The Cincinnatus of the West      Whom envy dared not hate,       Bequeathed the name of Washington        To make man blush; there was but one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faire language grates not the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faire language grates not the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26153]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspense is worse than disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspense is worse than disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't seen this many people since I played bar mitzvahs years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen this many people since I played bar mitzvahs years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not unexpected. We think it's a healthy move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31065]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not unexpected. We think it's a healthy move.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45740</guid></item></channel></rss>