<?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[Don't be so humble--you are not that great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be so humble--you are not that great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64358]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48111]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fesaunt excedeth all fowles in sweetnesse and holsomnesse, and is equall to capon in nourishynge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fesaunt excedeth all fowles in sweetnesse and holsomnesse, and is equall to capon in nourishynge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.   - quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.   - quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act IV),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders create an environment which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaders create an environment which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which an equitable differential reward is provided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, When we lock up our lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61378]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst crime is faking it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst crime is faking it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2172]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaste as the icicle That 's curdied by the frost from purest snow And hangs on Dian's temple. -Coriolanus. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaste as the icicle That 's curdied by the frost from purest snow And hangs on Dian's temple. -Coriolanus. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People want riches; they need fulfillment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53368]]></link><description><![CDATA[People want riches; they need fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Joe has mentioned it and I've seen it written before, that our game may have cost them two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Joe has mentioned it and I've seen it written before, that our game may have cost them two or three games. They couldn't get that game out of their system, it was such a tough loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10631]]></link><description><![CDATA[It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens only if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make fair agreements and stick to them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make fair agreements and stick to them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43288]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See and to be seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56254]]></link><description><![CDATA[See and to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O shame, where is thy blush? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56135]]></link><description><![CDATA[O shame, where is thy blush?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but men only. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/210]]></link><description><![CDATA[The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but men only.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45032]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16787]]></link><description><![CDATA[One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27203]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch. [Fr., L'on ne ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54216]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch. [Fr., L'on ne saurait mieux faire voir que le magnifique et le ridicule sont si voisins qu'ils se touchent.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9052]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't win the section this year, and, after that, we set this as our goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't win the section this year, and, after that, we set this as our goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me, what do they do for us in Bulgaria? Do they fix the prices? Or is there some kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me, what do they do for us in Bulgaria? Do they fix the prices? Or is there some kind of a free market?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45932]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science is in. The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The science is in. The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel she needs opposition. She's served the city well, but I think at some point you may need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35754]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel she needs opposition. She's served the city well, but I think at some point you may need to revisit that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy, I feel bad, ... There's so much I want to show you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boy, I feel bad, ... There's so much I want to show you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no-one dreams of questioning. And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt. It is a curious fact that historians have often been much readier to trust the New Testament than have many theologians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values and deliberately to choose the lower ones: to know that, however much these values may differ with different people at different stages of spiritual growth, for one's self there must be no compromise with that which one knows to be the lower value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survival is nothing more than recovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Survival is nothing more than recovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, while the honour thou hast got Is spick and span new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, while the honour thou hast got Is spick and span new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19713</guid></item></channel></rss>