<?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[I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11330]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune, there is nothing left to me but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune, there is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is saved. [Lat., Madame, pour vous faire savoir comme se porte le reste de mon infortune, de toutes choses m'est demeure que l'honneur et la vie qui est sauve.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have people spending 55 minutes online is fascinating, because they are not doing something else. There are a fixed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41419]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have people spending 55 minutes online is fascinating, because they are not doing something else. There are a fixed number of minutes in a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60769]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue. [Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque virtutis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep seeing them go up, up, up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep seeing them go up, up, up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crack-brained bobolink courts his crazy mate, Poised on a bulrush tipsy with his weight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4420]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crack-brained bobolink courts his crazy mate, Poised on a bulrush tipsy with his weight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44776]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is born an Artist nor an Angler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16085]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10249]]></link><description><![CDATA[A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!  That weapon of her weakness she can wield,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!  That weapon of her weakness she can wield,   To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63144]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who pleases one against his will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who pleases one against his will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll try to wipe this one away as quickly as possible. I only threw 79 pitches, so I feel like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30708]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll try to wipe this one away as quickly as possible. I only threw 79 pitches, so I feel like I'll be healthy for the Yankees. ... You always hope for the opportunity. So, we'll see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be several weeks before we know the damage, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30656]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be several weeks before we know the damage,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22260]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon me Hal, God forgive thee for it. Before I knew thee Hal, I knew nothing, and now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they went to the state, and came back as a state champion, then we were all sisters and brothers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29026]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they went to the state, and came back as a state champion, then we were all sisters and brothers there really.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54215]]></link><description><![CDATA[I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two are as near one another as extreme wisdom and folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25219]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44562]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool must now and then be right by chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16335]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool must now and then be right by chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just a blessing to be back for another year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33501]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just a blessing to be back for another year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35266]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and enjoy them. I've helped the team win with the bat before, but it's nice to do it with the glove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like a Stepping Stone... I am that kind, young lady that offers a wanderer food 'n drink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like a Stepping Stone... I am that kind, young lady that offers a wanderer food 'n drink off to the side of the road -- in the middle of nowhere as they journey into the next phase of their life. I am that kind, young lady that will change a stranger's life forever, and be a burned out memory in the back of their mind... I was that lady with the sad green eyes, the kind smile... The one that offered you a helping hand and good conversation while you ate your food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48481]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find, The error of our eye directs our mind.  What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find, The error of our eye directs our mind.  What error leads must error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5011]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62938]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in debt is so far a slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11473]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in debt is so far a slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41868]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our kids are playing at or above any level of expectations that anyone has outside of Deep Run. Our boys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our kids are playing at or above any level of expectations that anyone has outside of Deep Run. Our boys believe in themselves, they believe in each other; the coaches believe in them; and they don't think they are out of any game, no matter what the score is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not bald... I'm just taller than my hair ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not bald... I'm just taller than my hair]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think what happens in this country is censorship, I should say that. It's something else. It's not banning. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think what happens in this country is censorship, I should say that. It's something else. It's not banning. It's something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37747]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any one organization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23020]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word  Is Satisfaction: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54710]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word  Is Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go,   And pointed satire runs him through and through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54710</guid></item></channel></rss>