<?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 job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15825]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cleere conscience is a sure carde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9803]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cleere conscience is a sure carde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62750]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined personalgoals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined personalgoals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10079]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you woke up breathing, congratulations!  You have another chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65717]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you woke up breathing, congratulations!  You have another chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was taught truth, that's when I got my freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53772]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was taught truth, that's when I got my freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banished the doctor, and expell'd the friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Banished the doctor, and expell'd the friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63448]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44871]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27143]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just try explaining the value of statistical summaries to the widow of the man who drowned crossing a stream with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just try explaining the value of statistical summaries to the widow of the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of four feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56023]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24179]]></link><description><![CDATA[And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60727]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we were pretty much helpless because this was an unarmed UN mission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40894]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we were pretty much helpless because this was an unarmed UN mission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always wanted to play in the NHL, but last year when I was with the Dynamo, we won the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42308]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always wanted to play in the NHL, but last year when I was with the Dynamo, we won the championship. I wanted to stay so bad back there. I got some thoughts [about staying], but the NHL is here. I changed my mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10255]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coach is only as good as his players are, I think. They had a goal and they really have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41775]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coach is only as good as his players are, I think. They had a goal and they really have stuck with it. They deserve to be here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, Judo is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers knock each other down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23551]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, Judo is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers knock each other down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God-seed into God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no long spoon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12172]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no long spoon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing how complicated this industry can make saying 'Hello,' ... actually will save consumers money because it's simple, it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42516]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing how complicated this industry can make saying 'Hello,' ... actually will save consumers money because it's simple, it's any day and all day, it's straightforward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63596]]></link><description><![CDATA[As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, it's an unambiguous positive. But in terms of its overall importance, it's only marginal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, it's an unambiguous positive. But in terms of its overall importance, it's only marginal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It created quite a mess here in Massachusetts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35385]]></link><description><![CDATA[It created quite a mess here in Massachusetts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's disc.Wear it, sweet friend. Inscribe no date nor deed.But may thy heart-beat kiss it, night and day,Until the name grow blurred and fade away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44354]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex clause]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles   The desire for unity has haunted me all my life through; I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles   The desire for unity has haunted me all my life through; I have never been able to substitute any desire for that, or to accept any of the different schemes for satisfaction of that men have desired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad; babies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad; babies never are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9479]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than "politicians" think. We have to be there at the birth of ideas, the bursting outward of their force: not in books expressing them, but in events manifesting this force, in struggles carried on around ideas, for or against them. Ideas do not rule the world. But it is because the world has ideas... that it is not passively ruled by those who are its leaders or those who would like to teach it, once and for all, what it must think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much converse do I find in thee, Historian of my infancy!  Float near me; do not yet depart!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much converse do I find in thee, Historian of my infancy!  Float near me; do not yet depart!   Dead times revive in thee:    Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!     A solemn image to my heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little labour, much health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49048]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little labour, much health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our similarities are different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our similarities are different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61361]]></link><description><![CDATA[A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61361</guid></item></channel></rss>