<?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[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51082]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task to prove--   By firm resolve to conquer love!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[just cause? just cause because we're outlaws ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18305]]></link><description><![CDATA[just cause? just cause because we're outlaws]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47301]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17715]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love at first sight is one of the greatest labor-saving devices the world has ever seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love at first sight is one of the greatest labor-saving devices the world has ever seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to send you by fax a list of ingredients. And I want you to come up with recipes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to send you by fax a list of ingredients. And I want you to come up with recipes for lovers that (are) easy. Because if you're going to spend the day cooking, you won't have any energy left for love-making.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu! You've play'd with me, now play with others too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu! You've play'd with me, now play with others too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8750]]></link><description><![CDATA[The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great choice. The man is a major American playwright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34495]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great choice. The man is a major American playwright.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the opportunity was there I felt it and went for it. I tipped him and threw the legs at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40318]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the opportunity was there I felt it and went for it. I tipped him and threw the legs at the end and finished it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34231]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57499]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The investigation is advancing on both tracks, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The investigation is advancing on both tracks,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's destiny is alwayes dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49057]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's destiny is alwayes dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46300]]></link><description><![CDATA[One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punctuality is the politeness of kings ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punctuality is the politeness of kings]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet even her tyranny had such a grace, The women pardoned all, except her face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet even her tyranny had such a grace, The women pardoned all, except her face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth, With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks,  Turn all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth, With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks,  Turn all her mother's pains and benefits   To laughter and contempt, that she may feel    How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is     To have a thankless child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are the forgeries of jealousy; And never, since the middle summer's spring,  Met we on hill, in dale, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58274]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are the forgeries of jealousy; And never, since the middle summer's spring,  Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead,   By paved fountain or by rushy brook,    Or in the beached margent of the sea,     To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind,      But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they willgrant others their own freedom, and give less interference ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they willgrant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another'sstate of consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was the first thing I said when I got back in the locker room, I can't wait until Monday. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37598]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was the first thing I said when I got back in the locker room, I can't wait until Monday. It's a big game, national TV.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26899]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ever listen to Him, or else listen to Him only vaguely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. What news on the Rialto? -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14772]]></link><description><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted individuals manage to do both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34207]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes questions are more important than answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes questions are more important than answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  The separate creaturely life, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  The separate creaturely life, as opposed to life in union with God, is only a life of various appetites, hungers, and wants, and cannot possibly be anything else. God Himself cannot make a creature to be in itself, or in its own nature, anything else but a state of emptiness. The highest life that is natural and creaturely can go no higher than this: it can only be a bare capacity for goodness and cannot possibly be a good and happy life but by the life of God dwelling in it and in union with it. And this is the two-fold life that, of all necessity, must be united in every good and happy and perfect creature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a quintuple bypass in May. It was notMad Cows but sane cows in my arteries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a quintuple bypass in May. It was notMad Cows but sane cows in my arteries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was just ashamed and scared and came up with a story. It is wild. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37734]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was just ashamed and scared and came up with a story. It is wild.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We moved in the winter, so it was really bad. It was really depressing for me. It was really cold, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39358]]></link><description><![CDATA[We moved in the winter, so it was really bad. It was really depressing for me. It was really cold, and every day it was snowing. Joe went to school, and I had to stay in the house all the time, watching the snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wretches hang that jurymen may dine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62788]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65447]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation  We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation  We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency to work up a subjective state which, if we succeeded, we should describe as "faith", with the idea that this will somehow ensure the granting of our prayer. We have probably all done this as children. But the state of mind which desperate desire working on a strong imagination can manufacture is not faith in the Christian sense. It is a feat of psychological gymnastics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to die in a dignified manner, with my family all around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31345]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to die in a dignified manner, with my family all around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be killed than frightened to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10521]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be killed than frightened to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10521</guid></item></channel></rss>