<?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[There can be no piece of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25888]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no piece of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a fresh starting-point for future desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3463]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60585]]></link><description><![CDATA[They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see it making sense for Wal-Mart from a dollars-and-cents standpoint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35557]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see it making sense for Wal-Mart from a dollars-and-cents standpoint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit, happy married lovers; Phillis trifling with a plover's Egg, while Corydon uncovers with a grace the Sally Lunn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26561]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit, happy married lovers; Phillis trifling with a plover's Egg, while Corydon uncovers with a grace the Sally Lunn,  Or dissects the luck pheasant--that, I think, were passing pleasant   As I sit along at present, dreaming darkly of a dun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not any thing, which has contributed so much to delude mankind in religious matters, as mistaken apprehensions concerning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34750]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not any thing, which has contributed so much to delude mankind in religious matters, as mistaken apprehensions concerning supernatural inspiration or revelation; not considering that all true religion originates from reason, and can not othe]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5917]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11234]]></link><description><![CDATA[One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a kind of ague. One would never say, however (to end once and for all the confusion of these names) "He has St. Vitus's dance," "He has nerve fever," "He has dropsy," "He has ague," since there simply are not any fixed, unchanging diseases to be known by such names.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest of all sounds is praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest of all sounds is praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45064]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47191]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religious faith or political conviction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why he went off the road we don't know, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why he went off the road we don't know,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went crazy looking for another place down there. I'm still looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went crazy looking for another place down there. I'm still looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never plan the future by the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17082]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never plan the future by the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25806]]></link><description><![CDATA[In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/123]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to conquer is the first condition of victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60603]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10858]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is run by C students. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13533]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is run by C students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14567]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a society without a heroic dimension? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19252]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a society without a heroic dimension?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toilets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59820]]></link><description><![CDATA[...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anwser is no untill you ask the question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The anwser is no untill you ask the question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women see better than men. Men see lazily, if they do not expect to act. Women see quite without any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women see better than men. Men see lazily, if they do not expect to act. Women see quite without any wish to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! the bonny Christ-Church bells, One, two, three, four, five, six;  They sound so woundy great,   So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! the bonny Christ-Church bells, One, two, three, four, five, six;  They sound so woundy great,   So wound'rous sweet,    And they troul so merrily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good spot because the game wasn't on the line at that point. It wasn't like if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good spot because the game wasn't on the line at that point. It wasn't like if he made an out we would lose. Even if he didn't get the hit, we'd still have the lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23746]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward yourgoals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem. . . Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58806]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He competes all the time and is always aware of everything around him. And he never gives up on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30069]]></link><description><![CDATA[He competes all the time and is always aware of everything around him. And he never gives up on the puck. Now he has to mature and adjust to being a professional. Everything is a little faster, the shooters shoot harder and there are more games than in college.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So you've got your face coming forward and his head coming back and they meet. ... It's like slamming your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33789]]></link><description><![CDATA[So you've got your face coming forward and his head coming back and they meet. ... It's like slamming your face into a concrete block, if the concrete block was doing 40 miles an hour back at you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know who killed Jane. It was Ricky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32056]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know who killed Jane. It was Ricky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and electricity are one in the same, my dear.... if you do not feel the jolt in your soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and electricity are one in the same, my dear.... if you do not feel the jolt in your soul every time a kiss is shared, a whisper is spoken, a touch is felt, then you're not really in love at all....]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast-anchor'd isle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast-anchor'd isle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live thus -- to cram today with eternity and not wait the next day -- the Christian has learnt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8067]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live thus -- to cram today with eternity and not wait the next day -- the Christian has learnt and continues to learn (for the Christian is always learning) from the Pattern. How did He manage to live without anxiety for the next day -- He who from the first instant of His public life, when He stepped forward as a teacher, knew how His life would end, that the next day was His crucifixion; knew this while the people exultantly hailed Him as King (ah, bitter knowledge to have at precisely that moment!); knew, when they were crying, Hosanna!, at His entry into Jerusalem, that they would cry, "Crucify Him!", and that it was to this end that He made His entry. He who bore every day the prodigious weight of this superhuman knowledge -- how did He manage to live without anxiety for the next day?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5262</guid></item></channel></rss>