<?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[To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63753]]></link><description><![CDATA[To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   I am glad that you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   I am glad that you have been acquainted, from your youth, with the wrestlings of God, being cast from furnace to furnace; knowing, if you were not dear to God, and if your health did not require so much of him, he would not spend as much physic upon you. All the brethren and sisters of Christ must be conformed to his image in suffering, Rom. viii.17, and some do more fully resemble the copy than others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxA lion, fatigued by the heat of a summer's day, fell fast asleep in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1560]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxA lion, fatigued by the heat of a summer's day, fell fast asleep in his den. A Mouse ran over his mane and ears and woke him from his slumbers. He rose up and shook himself in great wrath, and searched every corner of his den to find the Mouse. A Fox seeing him said: A fine Lion you are, to be frightened of a Mouse. 'Tis not the Mouse I fear, said the Lion; I resent his familiarity and ill-breeding. Little liberties are great offenses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title  Hang loose about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title  Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe   Upon a dwarfish thief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19476]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those were just for the highlight reels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those were just for the highlight reels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are easier things in life than trying to find a nice guy...like nailing jelly to a tree for example ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61901]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are easier things in life than trying to find a nice guy...like nailing jelly to a tree for example]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole musical landscape is being organized through the choreography. It was as if the dancers themselves became my score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole musical landscape is being organized through the choreography. It was as if the dancers themselves became my score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I left I just played in rock bands, and started playing acoustic, washed dishes, but pretty much supported myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38955]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I left I just played in rock bands, and started playing acoustic, washed dishes, but pretty much supported myself with music,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory except the face of the woman on the American silver dollar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a "crystal set" and with enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13698]]></link><description><![CDATA[With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a "crystal set" and with enough ingenuity, one could tickle the crystal with a cat's whisker and pick up anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52715]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust in a cold, impartial intellect which only brings us nearer to destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is for people who can't face drugs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is for people who can't face drugs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our pitching staff is probably the biggest question mark for us, because we don't have anybody coming back that was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our pitching staff is probably the biggest question mark for us, because we don't have anybody coming back that was dominant last season, that had 10 wins, they you can say, 'Hey give this guy the ball and he'll go out there and give us a win.' We don't have Brian Baker anymore. We've got some guys that are talented and we'll probably have to use more guys and develop some roles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1032]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65413]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34753]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must always tell what one sees. Above all, which is more difficult, one must always see what one sees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44800]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must always tell what one sees. Above all, which is more difficult, one must always see what one sees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world. [Ger., Wir Deutschen furchten Gott, sonst aber Nichts in der ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17391]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world. [Ger., Wir Deutschen furchten Gott, sonst aber Nichts in der Welt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7368]]></link><description><![CDATA[To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it looks like shit, smells like shit, and feels like shit, you don't have to actually eat it to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/239]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it looks like shit, smells like shit, and feels like shit, you don't have to actually eat it to know it's shit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55614]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There 's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins. Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to optimize your health, begin noticing the frequency of any thoughts that support the idea of sickness as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64013]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to optimize your health, begin noticing the frequency of any thoughts that support the idea of sickness as something to be expected- then eliminate these thought frequencies from your mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is better for the environment than the standard diesel we're using. And the second thing to consider is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31272]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is better for the environment than the standard diesel we're using. And the second thing to consider is the cost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Merkel and her party] did criticize the Schroeder government, which in their view was needlessly antagonizing the Americans, ... But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32535]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Merkel and her party] did criticize the Schroeder government, which in their view was needlessly antagonizing the Americans, ... But they didn't really suggest strong support for American policy, which would be very difficult since that's a sure voter loser in Germany.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and time do more than strength or passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and time do more than strength or passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been practicing hard, too. I really don't want to mention it, but wouldn't it be nice if ... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37696]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been practicing hard, too. I really don't want to mention it, but wouldn't it be nice if ...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing a war already. It's an undeclared war. We are seeing the loss of two to three people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36738]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing a war already. It's an undeclared war. We are seeing the loss of two to three people a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hence, bashful cunning, And prompt me, plain and holy innocence! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hence, bashful cunning, And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races: the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4754]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races: the men who borrow, and the men who lend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on alldarknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on alldarknesses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you select a spinner on a (pitch) that helps spin, you expect a little bit more than that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42700]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you select a spinner on a (pitch) that helps spin, you expect a little bit more than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of the superior man is truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of the superior man is truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17344]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the dog has the temperament, and the owner has the drive, then those are the starting blocks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30011]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the dog has the temperament, and the owner has the drive, then those are the starting blocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47472</guid></item></channel></rss>