<?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've been contacted by some (ticket holders). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been contacted by some (ticket holders).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2381]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires of the crowd and their unreasonable notions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52465]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires of the crowd and their unreasonable notions. [Lat., Bona prudentiae pars est nosse stultas vulgi cupiditates, et absurdas opiniones.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23924]]></link><description><![CDATA[And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even with their combined support, the cost of mounting a production has proved to be too much. We have continued ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even with their combined support, the cost of mounting a production has proved to be too much. We have continued to do fine productions, and I've found it even more challenging because we have to adapt productions to the recital stage, and yet we're doing full productions with sets, lights and everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date;  Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date;  Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate,   Full on thy bloom,    Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight     Shall be thy doom!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ramm!    Sing: Goddamm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot flea a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50129]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot flea a stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63872]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, whatever, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, whatever,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very ancient and fish-like smell. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very ancient and fish-like smell. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58214]]></link><description><![CDATA[In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You carry a very heavy burden, Prime Minister. You carry the hopes and dreams of every Japanese alive today and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29712]]></link><description><![CDATA[You carry a very heavy burden, Prime Minister. You carry the hopes and dreams of every Japanese alive today and those of our honored ancestors. You literally carry Japan upon your back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man meets his Waterloo at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man meets his Waterloo at last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that Spanish people are showing again their strength, their solidarity, and the common effort in order to overcome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39085]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that Spanish people are showing again their strength, their solidarity, and the common effort in order to overcome the atrocities of pain and terrorism,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care;  The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care;  The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,   And bade it blossom there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it\'s important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66658]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it\'s important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie told often enough becomes the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59827]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie told often enough becomes the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered. Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried. He said to her, If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all,  Unless he first will learn humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20025]]></link><description><![CDATA[O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all,  Unless he first will learn humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suretyship is the precursor of ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weep no more, lady, weep no more, Thy sorrowe is in vaine,  For violets pluckt, the sweetest showers  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weep no more, lady, weep no more, Thy sorrowe is in vaine,  For violets pluckt, the sweetest showers   Will ne'er make grow againe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;  Ne'er saw I, never felt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;  Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!   The river glideth at his own sweet will.    Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;     And all that mighty heart is lying still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52916]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra xerox machine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62469]]></link><description><![CDATA[I xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra xerox machine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look within;...You will find there, perchance, slavish thoughts, slavish desires, and in your daily life and conduct slavish habits. Conquer these; cease to be a slave to self, and no man will have the power to enslave you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing:  But, och! it hardens a' within,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing:  But, och! it hardens a' within,   And petrifies the feeling!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26742]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107   Grace is the incomprehensible fact that God is well pleased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107   Grace is the incomprehensible fact that God is well pleased with a man, and that a man can rejoice in God. Only when grace is recognized to be incomprehensible is it grace. Grace exists, therefore, only where the Resurrection is reflected. Grace is the gift of Christ, who exposes the gulf which separates God and man, and, by exposing it, bridges it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS-DOS isn't dead, it just smells that way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61653]]></link><description><![CDATA[MS-DOS isn't dead, it just smells that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3993]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46133]]></link><description><![CDATA[One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations.Then someone got the idea that there were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21682]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations.Then someone got the idea that there were greater sources of supply deeperdown. A well was drilled five thousand feet deep. The result? A gusher.Too many of us operate on the surface. We never go deep enough to findsupernatural resources. The result is, we never operate at our best. Moretime and investment is involved to go deep but a gusher will pay off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60862]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,  Ingratitude, more strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20899]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,  Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arms,   Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart;    And in his mantle muffling up his face,     Even at the base of Pompey's statue      (Which all the while ran blood) great Caesar fell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is once borne, once must dy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49368]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is once borne, once must dy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm But the harm does not interest them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28626]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28626</guid></item></channel></rss>