<?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[Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got into an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5196]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got into an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because then I tried to walk out and slammed the flap. How are you supposed to express your anger in this situation? Zipper it up really quick?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he would tell you he wasn't very happy with the way he played overall last year. He's worked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he would tell you he wasn't very happy with the way he played overall last year. He's worked hard in individual workouts, and I know he has some big goals for this season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apoplexic, and Lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apoplexic, and Lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature vicarye of the Almighty Lord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature vicarye of the Almighty Lord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2143]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear waste is a heavy burden to lay on our children and their children and their children's children and their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nuclear waste is a heavy burden to lay on our children and their children and their children's children and their children's children's children and their children's children's children's children...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8757]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls - whereas a city of anarchy is a city of promise]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. -Measure for Measure. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on my leg and collapsed. I just could not get up to speed. It was too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man thinks one thing best, another another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48861]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man thinks one thing best, another another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1810]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16976]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It currently seems a pretty safe bet that interest rates will not change for several more months to come, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36610]]></link><description><![CDATA[It currently seems a pretty safe bet that interest rates will not change for several more months to come, if at all this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43387]]></link><description><![CDATA[You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things have been great this season. We've had a lot of support and we hope to see more people here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things have been great this season. We've had a lot of support and we hope to see more people here next year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have very high expectations for him. That's why when he's not winning a major, he's in a slump. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38620]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have very high expectations for him. That's why when he's not winning a major, he's in a slump. If we go much longer without him winning a major, another year or two, it could be a problem. If he were to go into a true slump, not making cuts, not winning, having his rankings fall out of a top 10, I'd start worrying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11057]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25106]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. -Anita Roddick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am shocked that this is happening in the U.S. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41512]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am shocked that this is happening in the U.S.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16793]]></link><description><![CDATA[I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze,  And the gay grandsire, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze,  And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore,   Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47806]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: . . . . So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decrees was given at Shushan the palace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You won't believe this but we've actually had people coming in wanting to buy all of our old equipment. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29327]]></link><description><![CDATA[You won't believe this but we've actually had people coming in wanting to buy all of our old equipment. It's just too soon. Way too soon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better late than never, but never late is better ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better late than never, but never late is better]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18489]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times  Make mountains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54142]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times  Make mountains level. and the continent,   Weary of solid firmness, melt itself    Into the sea!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have sinned, do not lie down without repentance; for the want of repentance after one has sinned makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53804]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have sinned, do not lie down without repentance; for the want of repentance after one has sinned makes the heart yet harder and harder]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . not by way of the forced and worn formula of Romaticism, but throught the closeness of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23810]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . not by way of the forced and worn formula of Romaticism, but throught the closeness of an imagination that has never broken kinship with nature. Art must accept such gifts, and revaluate the giver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64332]]></link><description><![CDATA[A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and Everything . . . [is] Forty-two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and Everything . . . [is] Forty-two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morn on the waters, and purple and bright Bursts on the billows the flushing of light  O'er the glad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morn on the waters, and purple and bright Bursts on the billows the flushing of light  O'er the glad waves, like a child of the sun,   See the tall vessel goes gallantly on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1011]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13510]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great trees are good for nothing but shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great trees are good for nothing but shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61831]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64863]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will get everything out of her that you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22018]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will get everything out of her that you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more. I will squeeze her until you can hear the pips squeak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who dallies is a dastard, He who doubts is damned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12754]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who dallies is a dastard, He who doubts is damned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877  You and I drift on through the years dully enough, because we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877  You and I drift on through the years dully enough, because we do not believe in God, not really, and so we have no expectation. But Jesus did believe in Him, was sure He is alive and abroad in the world; that, therefore, anything may happen any hour. And thus to Him any smallest incident was a magic casement opening upon who could tell what possibilities. A fisherman offers Him a crude, inchoate half-faith, and with that He is sure that He can found a world-wide Church that will defy the powers of evil, aye, and grind them into nothingness at last: a dying brigand, paying the just penalties of his crimes, gropes towards Him in the darkness with the vague hands of a blind man, and, founding upon that, Christ dies, quite sure that He has won: two or three Gentiles seek an interview with Him, and He sees a whole teeming world of men and women being saved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference is no less real because it is of degree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12214]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference is no less real because it is of degree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main reason is to demonstrate to students the importance and seriousness of the test. We hope by applying it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main reason is to demonstrate to students the importance and seriousness of the test. We hope by applying it to graduation (that) students see that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40766</guid></item></channel></rss>