<?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[When I lately stood with a friend before [the cathedral of] Amiens, . . . he asked me how it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3024]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I lately stood with a friend before [the cathedral of] Amiens, . . . he asked me how it happens that we can no longer build such piles? I replied: "Dear Alphonse, men in those days had convictions (Ueberzeugungen), we moderns have opinions (Meinungen) and it requires something more than an opinion to build a Gothic cathedral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise a hill, but keepe below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise a hill, but keepe below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since Sits on his horse back at mine hostess' door. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since Sits on his horse back at mine hostess' door. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I saw the script, ... I called them that night. I liked it that much. I love this character, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32623]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I saw the script, ... I called them that night. I liked it that much. I love this character, I think he's loaded with love. This is a blustering kind of guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. He tells the truth and that's why I love him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As good as a play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/416]]></link><description><![CDATA[As good as a play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. -Charles Caleb Colton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16984]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. -Charles Caleb Colton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting emotions, derived from emergency reactions, involve a narrowing of consciousness; the participatory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52007]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting emotions, derived from emergency reactions, involve a narrowing of consciousness; the participatory emotions an expansion of consciousness by identificatory processes of various kinds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn? -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn? -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45260]]></link><description><![CDATA[To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. [Lat., Dum in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60022]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. [Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the summer night Has a smile of light  And she sits on a sapphire throne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the summer night Has a smile of light  And she sits on a sapphire throne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospitality sitting with gladness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hospitality sitting with gladness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know this to be all nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know this to be all nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can speculate what's going to happen, but upsets happen in sports all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42349]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can speculate what's going to happen, but upsets happen in sports all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5959]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With mortal crisis doth portend, My days to appropinque an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17083]]></link><description><![CDATA[With mortal crisis doth portend, My days to appropinque an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in the community who served on our advisory panel about the project told us they wanted the station to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41659]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in the community who served on our advisory panel about the project told us they wanted the station to have a sense of place, an identity as a destination, and that's what these signs are designed to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see you have a singing face--a heavy, dull, sonata face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56454]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see you have a singing face--a heavy, dull, sonata face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ericsson said orders as a whole remain strong, but it is just seeing a push out in most mobile system ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ericsson said orders as a whole remain strong, but it is just seeing a push out in most mobile system shipments due to economic uncertainty as well as slower subscriber growth in the U.S. as subsidies have been cut. Fewer subscribers means lower phone use, which translates into slower systems build-out, which is what we are seeing in the U.S.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51660]]></link><description><![CDATA[By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34802]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over the summer for class,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9412]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no way the UAW can reach an agreement with Delphi without GM coming to the table much more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35590]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no way the UAW can reach an agreement with Delphi without GM coming to the table much more than they have so far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  Our Christian experience must agree with the Bible. We will be taught by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  Our Christian experience must agree with the Bible. We will be taught by the Bible and fed by the Bible. But we do not believe in Christ because He is in the Bible: we believe in the Bible because Christ is in us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23140]]></link><description><![CDATA[All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not the sum of our possessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not the sum of our possessions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ladies be but young and fair, They have the gift to know it; and in his brain, Which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55651]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ladies be but young and fair, They have the gift to know it; and in his brain, Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd With observation, the which he vents In mangled forms. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to kiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1623]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that we love them, not when we feel like it, but when they do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61776]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. •Otto Von Bismarck  Peace with a club in hand is war. •Portuguese Proverb   The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. •Bernard Mannes Baruch  The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. •Chinese Proverb   Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a couple 70-degree days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a couple 70-degree days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our God and soldier we alike adore - Just at the brink of ruin not before - The danger past, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our God and soldier we alike adore - Just at the brink of ruin not before - The danger past, both are alike requited; God is forgotten and the soldier slighted]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57118</guid></item></channel></rss>