<?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[Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a well-stored chest intercepts the truth. [Lat., Opes invisae merito ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a well-stored chest intercepts the truth. [Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro,  Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above!  Beneath the sliding sun thou runn'st thy race,   Dost fairest shine, and best become thy place;    For thee the winds their eastern blasts forbear,     Thy mouth reveals the spring, and opens all the year;      Thee, goddess, thee, the storms of winter fly,       Earth smiles with flowers renewing, laughs the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52582]]></link><description><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over a garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trendy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can observe a lot just by watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44778]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can observe a lot just by watching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore,  There is society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46694]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore,  There is society where none intrudes   By the deep Sea, and music in its roar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Within a stone's throw of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Within a stone's throw of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is Ercles' vein. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55514]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is Ercles' vein. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the slides we presented shows the boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. You see an image of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34597]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the slides we presented shows the boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. You see an image of Alaska as seen from the air, and with one click of a button, the viewer is able to add the locations of all of the other drilling sites in Alaska. It really drives home that most of Alaska is already open to oil and gas development and there's this one place that we've managed to protect thus far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Booke When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke  Fresh to all Ages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55304]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Booke When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke  Fresh to all Ages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changes start occurring when budgets are cut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Changes start occurring when budgets are cut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. -Coco Chanel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4034]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. -Coco Chanel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity,  To catch the sunbeams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60003]]></link><description><![CDATA[See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity,  To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator;   Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity  That it went hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12076]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity  That it went hand in hand even with the vow   I made to her in marriage, and to decline    Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor     To those of mine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come, I come! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountain with light and song:  Ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57794]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come, I come! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountain with light and song:  Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth,   By the winds which tell of the violet's birth,    By the primrose-stars in the shadowy grass,     By the green leaves, opening as I pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4627]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the ref blows his whistle, I yell out, 'That's a terrible call' and then I start booing with everybody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the ref blows his whistle, I yell out, 'That's a terrible call' and then I start booing with everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16682]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the duty of the Security Council now to take a decision to immediately lift sanctions on Libya, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28922]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the duty of the Security Council now to take a decision to immediately lift sanctions on Libya, which has cooperated fully with the court to end this case,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56297]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm delighted we have a general manager who is in demand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41846]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm delighted we have a general manager who is in demand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English. [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont bien laids, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13902]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English. [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont bien laids,  Goddam! j'aime les anglais.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing you can do when you've made a mistake is exactly what she's done: Admit it, admit it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing you can do when you've made a mistake is exactly what she's done: Admit it, admit it soon and put yourself at the mercy of the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that every person is born with talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4079]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that every person is born with talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28729]]></link><description><![CDATA[One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. Maybe we should just be asking if they have ever been convicted of a crime, that we ought to know. But, do we really need to know about every arrest and every civil lawsuit and what television programs they watch?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20570]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea. [Lat., Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari,  Iule ceratis ope Daedalea   Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus    Nomina ponto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65059]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15412]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The project raises some concerns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The project raises some concerns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're known for helping out other people in need. The kids have been great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34344]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're known for helping out other people in need. The kids have been great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thought of having a kid stricken with cancer just floored me. My children are everything to me, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thought of having a kid stricken with cancer just floored me. My children are everything to me,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.  God calleth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.  God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge   To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.    The worst speak something good. If all want sense,     God takes a text, and preaches patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I might have been stupid in some respects, it if weren't for my psychedelic experiences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I might have been stupid in some respects, it if weren't for my psychedelic experiences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success brings many to ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success brings many to ruin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5721]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go on for ever. - The Brook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32256]]></link><description><![CDATA[You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield,  Nature's, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield,  Nature's, not honour's law we must obey:   This made me cast my useless shield away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11792]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11792</guid></item></channel></rss>