<?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[He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well. [Lat., Bene qui latuit, bene vixit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44766]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well. [Lat., Bene qui latuit, bene vixit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11848]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame is pride's cloak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame is pride's cloak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43239]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54853]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20067]]></link><description><![CDATA[My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action is the real measure of intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action is the real measure of intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get behind any more. If we can possibly play, we'll play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33794]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get behind any more. If we can possibly play, we'll play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How does Johnny Cash say it? I'm in pretty good shape ... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42009]]></link><description><![CDATA[How does Johnny Cash say it? I'm in pretty good shape ...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26622]]></link><description><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run:  So lines that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run:  So lines that from their parallel decline,   More they proceed the more they still disjoin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19523]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My prophecy is but half his journey yet, For yonder walls, that pertly front your town,  Yon towers, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8920]]></link><description><![CDATA[My prophecy is but half his journey yet, For yonder walls, that pertly front your town,  Yon towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds,   Must kiss their own feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It showed the national spotlight that Detroit has the wherewithal to pull off a major national event. It also changes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It showed the national spotlight that Detroit has the wherewithal to pull off a major national event. It also changes the conversation about Detroit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well has the name of Pontifex been given Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder  And architect of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well has the name of Pontifex been given Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder  And architect of the invisible bridge   That leads from earth to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15565]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not only helped them excel here, it will help them become better, more compassionate leaders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60673]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense, defense, defense. We take pride in it and it's a testimony to our team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defense, defense, defense. We take pride in it and it's a testimony to our team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For blocks are better cleft with wedges, Tan tools of sharp or subtle edges,  And dullest nonsense has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44607]]></link><description><![CDATA[For blocks are better cleft with wedges, Tan tools of sharp or subtle edges,  And dullest nonsense has been found   By some to be the most profound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14600]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take up the White Man's burden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take up the White Man's burden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:--  We are as they;   Like them we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:--  We are as they;   Like them we fade away    As doth a leaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial "we." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial "we."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bullpen is something we have talked about since I've been here. Last year, we went with younger arms and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bullpen is something we have talked about since I've been here. Last year, we went with younger arms and it showed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge and human power are synonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman tonight. When they bring him in, everybody knows the game ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman tonight. When they bring him in, everybody knows the game is over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29561]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think it has been a little bit of a slow and rough start, but people are beginning to read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40903]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think it has been a little bit of a slow and rough start, but people are beginning to read and see the benefits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so surprised and happy to have won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41385]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm so surprised and happy to have won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give not gold for mere expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51741]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give not gold for mere expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62977]]></link><description><![CDATA[A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65948]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65948</guid></item></channel></rss>