<?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[Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I often wish ... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I often wish ... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61048]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65329]]></link><description><![CDATA[We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18604]]></link><description><![CDATA[People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a piece of the universe made alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a piece of the universe made alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pouring oil on troubled water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pouring oil on troubled water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64735]]></link><description><![CDATA[They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19640]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have always been at daggers-drawing, And one another clapper-clawing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have always been at daggers-drawing, And one another clapper-clawing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55611]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65433]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The drowning man is not troubled by rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The drowning man is not troubled by rain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most curious offspring of shame is shyness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56139]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62179]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53838]]></link><description><![CDATA[REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We produced a good all-round performance and I suppose the only slight concern was that the top order batsmen could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41968]]></link><description><![CDATA[We produced a good all-round performance and I suppose the only slight concern was that the top order batsmen could have done better,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days;  The scene is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days;  The scene is touching, and the heart is stone,   That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst. [Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst. [Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentum essa famem, potionis sitim.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17529]]></link><description><![CDATA[In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancestral voices prophesying war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ancestral voices prophesying war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever--  The union of hearts--the union ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever--  The union of hearts--the union of hands--   And the flag of our Union for ever!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9546]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44802]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43932]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who wish to sing always find a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who wish to sing always find a song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you know, the less you need to show. -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you know, the less you need to show. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new building will have eight classrooms, with a faculty lounge, offices and a library. The facility will have the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33175]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new building will have eight classrooms, with a faculty lounge, offices and a library. The facility will have the latest technology with audio enhancement equipment, smart boards and computers in every room. There will also be a small computer lab as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they ever come up with a swashbuckling School, I think one of the courses should be Laughing, Then Jumping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11771]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they ever come up with a swashbuckling School, I think one of the courses should be Laughing, Then Jumping Off Something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So the gods bless me, When all our offices have been oppressed  With riotous feeders, when our vaults have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27418]]></link><description><![CDATA[So the gods bless me, When all our offices have been oppressed  With riotous feeders, when our vaults have wept   With drunken spilth of wine, when every room    Hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy,     I have retired me to a wasteful cock      And set mine eyes at flow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17715]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Greek and Latin speaks with greater ease Than hogs eat acorns, and tame pigeons peas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25124]]></link><description><![CDATA[He Greek and Latin speaks with greater ease Than hogs eat acorns, and tame pigeons peas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43614]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Leon raised his kindling eye, And lifts the sparkling cup on high;  "I drink to one," he said, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59413]]></link><description><![CDATA[St. Leon raised his kindling eye, And lifts the sparkling cup on high;  "I drink to one," he said,   "Whose image never may depart,    Deep graven on this grateful heart,     Till memory be dead."      . . . .       St. Leon paused, as if he would        Not breathe her name in careless mood         Thus lightly to another;          Then bent his noble head, as though           To give the word the reverence due,            And gently said, "My mother!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59413</guid></item></channel></rss>