<?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[The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24459]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot come to honour under Coverlet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50044]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30765]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the stock market does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak to me of love,said St Francis tothe almond tree,and the tree blossomed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak to me of love,said St Francis tothe almond tree,and the tree blossomed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the queen -- I worked for her for seven years -- enjoys her work. But even if she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the queen -- I worked for her for seven years -- enjoys her work. But even if she didn't enjoy it, she would gauze it as her duty to do what she vowed to do,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value is not intrinsic; it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Value is not intrinsic; it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man reacts to the conditions of his environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43568]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been working on getting Jessica more speed to the bar, and today everything came together for her. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34002]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been working on getting Jessica more speed to the bar, and today everything came together for her. It was truly a unique thing to see, and I'm so proud of her. It was like watching a real-life high jumper, not a student or a person just trying to score points.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878   Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878   Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. He hath many desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation. Many love Jesus so long as no adversities befall them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing there'll be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on yesterday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing there'll be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on yesterday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look, The fields his study, nature was his book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look, The fields his study, nature was his book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20620]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591]]></link><description><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never gave man a thing to do concerning which it were irreverent to ponder how the Son of God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6134]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never gave man a thing to do concerning which it were irreverent to ponder how the Son of God would have done it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19441]]></link><description><![CDATA[People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them. on EleanorRoosevelt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21595]]></link><description><![CDATA[She got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them. on EleanorRoosevelt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--  The weakness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice--  The weakness and the wickedness of luxury--   The negligence--the apathy--the evils    Of sensual sloth--produces ten thousand tyrants,     Whose delegated cruelty surpasses      The worst acts of one energetic master,       However harsh and hard in his own bearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18031]]></link><description><![CDATA[That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546  Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546  Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you, but I love myself more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59908]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you, but I love myself more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person's nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The little waves, with their soft, white hands,    Efface the footprints in the sands,     And the tide rises, the tide falls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations give a satisfactory outlet to only one temperamental type, be he mystic or soldier, businessman or artist, a civilization in which there are many standards offers a possibility of satisfactory adjustment to individuals of many different temperamental types, of diverse gifts, and varying interests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42854]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen him use it well, and I think it's something I can definitely use, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38369]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen him use it well, and I think it's something I can definitely use,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose only one master - Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose only one master - Nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We couldn't press like we wanted to, but our pressure defense in the half-court set was great. We took their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37586]]></link><description><![CDATA[We couldn't press like we wanted to, but our pressure defense in the half-court set was great. We took their big guy out of the game, and that really made the difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest of happiness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played great the last 15 minutes [against Syracuse]. If we put that to 40 minutes, I'm sure another team ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37591]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played great the last 15 minutes [against Syracuse]. If we put that to 40 minutes, I'm sure another team will get worn down and eventually fold. I'm pretty sure the four guys who have been through [the road to the Final Four] know how hard it is. They need to push me, Rudy, Marcus Williams, because they've been there. It's going to be a tough road, but I think we can do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58549]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62868]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Construed as turf, home just seems a provisional claim, a designation you make upon a place, not one it makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Construed as turf, home just seems a provisional claim, a designation you make upon a place, not one it makes on you. A certain set of buildings, a glimpsed, smudged window-view across a schoolyard, a musty aroma sniffed behind a garage when you were a child, all of which come crowding in upon your latter-day senses -- those are pungent things and vivid, even consoling. But to me they are also inert and nostalgic and unlikely to connect you to the real, to that essence art can sometimes achieve, which is permanence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud of Shelly for playing four years of softball. I'm going to nominate her for the North-South all-stars, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud of Shelly for playing four years of softball. I'm going to nominate her for the North-South all-stars, because of her attitude and her intensity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live at the edge of the miraculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21848]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live at the edge of the miraculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52725]]></link><description><![CDATA[He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any combination of alcohol and gasoline is very unforgiving of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any combination of alcohol and gasoline is very unforgiving of water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the hills, and over the main, To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain;  The Queen commands, and we'll obey,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the hills, and over the main, To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain;  The Queen commands, and we'll obey,   Over the hills and far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43300</guid></item></channel></rss>