<?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[Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shallow men believe in luck,  believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shallow men believe in luck,  believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O father Abram! what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! -The Merchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55569]]></link><description><![CDATA[O father Abram! what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26553]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our handicaps depend on how many innings, how many defeats and who the opponent is. It takes a lot more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our handicaps depend on how many innings, how many defeats and who the opponent is. It takes a lot more into account, so it's a lot more competitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47792]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9225]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest -- that would be like a blind man willing to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19677]]></link><description><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest -- that would be like a blind man willing to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20631]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50259]]></link><description><![CDATA[How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No party will be able to get everything it wanted. A coalition is about sharing power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34785]]></link><description><![CDATA[No party will be able to get everything it wanted. A coalition is about sharing power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12750]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26508]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's what he is, a hooligan -- committed these very flagrant fouls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like going into an away stadium and establishing that as our home. Nothing's better than going into an away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38186]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like going into an away stadium and establishing that as our home. Nothing's better than going into an away stadium and shutting up 80,000 people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks, Ten thousand little loves and graces spring  To revel in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4386]]></link><description><![CDATA[From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks, Ten thousand little loves and graces spring  To revel in the roses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are trying to go in a similar direction here with it. For Saturday night, the lights are coming from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32728]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are trying to go in a similar direction here with it. For Saturday night, the lights are coming from Kennebec Rental in Fairfield where Bob works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From what we've been seeing tonight, we'll definitely do it again. It's definitely a keeper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33229]]></link><description><![CDATA[From what we've been seeing tonight, we'll definitely do it again. It's definitely a keeper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16035]]></link><description><![CDATA[When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of theeducability of man-the perfectibility of man. We have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21131]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of theeducability of man-the perfectibility of man. We have never addressedourselves to this problem before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just need to be a lot more consistent as an offensive line and as a team in the passing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40369]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just need to be a lot more consistent as an offensive line and as a team in the passing game and the running game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child of those tears. [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58782]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child of those tears. [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We outgrew this space a long time ago. It's been cramped as far as in front of house space. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We outgrew this space a long time ago. It's been cramped as far as in front of house space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need to create waist definition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36165]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need to create waist definition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he shall die Take him and cut him in little stars And he will make the face of heaven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11416]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he shall die Take him and cut him in little stars And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people on the basis of sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people on the basis of sexual preference, of sexual orientation. It's wrong to say that women are unequal, if the Bible says so. It's wrong to say that Blacks are unequal even if the Hammite myth supports it or suggests it. The Bible is often wrong. It is often right. Of course, it is often brilliantly right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is good health and a bad memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is good health and a bad memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look before you ere you leap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look before you ere you leap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palsied eld. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palsied eld. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the tyrant of the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the tyrant of the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54183]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tenor's voice is spoilt by affectation, And for the bass, the beast can only bellow;  In fact, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tenor's voice is spoilt by affectation, And for the bass, the beast can only bellow;  In fact, he had no singing education,   An ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   Our knowledge of God is paradoxically not of him as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   Our knowledge of God is paradoxically not of him as the object of our scrutiny, but of ourselves as utterly dependent on his saving and merciful knowledge of us. It is in proportion, as we are known to him that we find our real being and identity in Christ. We know him in and through ourselves in so far as his truth is the source of our being and his merciful love is the very heart of our life and existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24284]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24284</guid></item></channel></rss>