<?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[It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42920]]></link><description><![CDATA[It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24958]]></link><description><![CDATA[You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely everything, and people who know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46048]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew we were missing some tackles. This means we're going to make sure we send more people to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35240]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew we were missing some tackles. This means we're going to make sure we send more people to the ball. That's what we'll need this week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rout is Folly's circle, which she draws With magic wand. So potent is the spell,  That none decoy'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rout is Folly's circle, which she draws With magic wand. So potent is the spell,  That none decoy'd into that fatal ring,   Unless by Heaven's peculiar grace, escape.    There we grow early gray, but never wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love gives itself; it is not bought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love gives itself; it is not bought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough,but in getting out after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21203]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough,but in getting out after you are in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect. [Fr., Nul n'est content de sa fortune;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54724]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect. [Fr., Nul n'est content de sa fortune;  Ni mecontent de son esprit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258   Our critical day is not the very day of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258   Our critical day is not the very day of our death, but the whole course of our life; I thank him, that prays for me when my bell tolls; but I thank him much more, that catechizes me, or preaches to me, or instructs me how to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our praises are our wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our praises are our wages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In just the last two and a half or three years, I've noticed a big difference in the clientele. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34674]]></link><description><![CDATA[In just the last two and a half or three years, I've noticed a big difference in the clientele.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3479]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fall with awareness and acceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fall with awareness and acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank is definitely not a keeping-the-seat-warm kind of figure. I've known Frank fairly well for six years. I wouldn't use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frank is definitely not a keeping-the-seat-warm kind of figure. I've known Frank fairly well for six years. I wouldn't use the term 'rising star,' but in the world of the Vatican he is very highly thought of ... he's someone who could be an archbishop someday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51620]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39592]]></link><description><![CDATA[But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The third floor is a total loss. We're worried about the structural integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The third floor is a total loss. We're worried about the structural integrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26982]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to reveal it. [Lat., Arcanum neque tu scrutaveris ullius unquam, commissumve teges et vino tortus et ira.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain To feel much anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2537]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain To feel much anger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't win unless you learn how to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39420]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't win unless you learn how to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3482]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classes and masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classes and masses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give the fight up; let there be an end, A privacy, an obscure nook for me,  I want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44759]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give the fight up; let there be an end, A privacy, an obscure nook for me,  I want to be forgotten even by God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are not punished for their sins, but by them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to hang my hat on my speed, ... I want to show I'm a legit 4.3 guy. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to hang my hat on my speed, ... I want to show I'm a legit 4.3 guy. And off the field I want the teams to know I'm always prepared -- studying, breaking down game film, learning the system, execution -- I'm all business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59430]]></link><description><![CDATA[No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46721]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  And do the best to climb, and get to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol'n, Let him not know't, and he's not robbed at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59140]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol'n, Let him not know't, and he's not robbed at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solon wished everybody to be ready to take everybody else's part; but surely Chilo was wiser in holding that public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solon wished everybody to be ready to take everybody else's part; but surely Chilo was wiser in holding that public affairs go best when the laws have much attention and the orators none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29923]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because I don't think that I've been any more outspoken... Or maybe I have, I don't know. But everyone I know supports anything that has to do with raising money or with AIDS.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is going to be plenty of good digging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32520]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is going to be plenty of good digging.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great hate follows great love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great hate follows great love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or "real" life. The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every crime destroys more Edens than our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10659</guid></item></channel></rss>