<?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[We welcome news of the pope's arrival. It's a good thing -- it will promote good feelings among us all, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28332]]></link><description><![CDATA[We welcome news of the pope's arrival. It's a good thing -- it will promote good feelings among us all, ... After all, it's the pope. He's not just anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. [Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16578]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. [Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get your feet on the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get your feet on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66428]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty. [Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle qui ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3947]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty. [Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle qui coute a vaincre la pudeur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51338]]></link><description><![CDATA[O let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't want a sarcastic answer, don't ask a stupid question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63321]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't want a sarcastic answer, don't ask a stupid question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3256]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I long to believe in immortality. . . . If I am destined to be happy with you here--how short ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20617]]></link><description><![CDATA[I long to believe in immortality. . . . If I am destined to be happy with you here--how short is the longest life. I wish to believe in immortality--I wish to live with you forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63402]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those are legal. The 9/11 (terrorist attack) was not about box cutters, it was about (pilot) doors people could open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The multitude is always in the wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The multitude is always in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Used throughout a room, orange can become surprisingly neutral, and yet it can be bright and mood-enhancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Used throughout a room, orange can become surprisingly neutral, and yet it can be bright and mood-enhancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first we were rushing, putting up bad shots. Then we slowed it down and got into our offense, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36547]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first we were rushing, putting up bad shots. Then we slowed it down and got into our offense, and started running the fast break and playing our game pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now conquering Rome doth conquered Rome inter, And she the vanquished is, and vanquisher.  To show us where she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now conquering Rome doth conquered Rome inter, And she the vanquished is, and vanquisher.  To show us where she stood there rests alone   Tiber; and that too hastens to be gone.    Learn, hence what fortune can. Towns glide away;     And rivers, which are still in motion, stay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vice is a failure of desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60504]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vice is a failure of desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auspicious Hope! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Auspicious Hope! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of creative things you can do as a consumer to further maximize your rebate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32291]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of creative things you can do as a consumer to further maximize your rebate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were slanderers -- but they were, at least, far nearer to the nature of Christianity than those among the moderns who tell us that the Christians were a sort of ethical society, being martyred in a languid fashion for telling men they had a duty to their neighbours, and only mildly disliked because they were meek and mild!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that measures not himselfe, is measured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49379]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that measures not himselfe, is measured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36001]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ It was pretty powerful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4445]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â he is mentally committed to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29744]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â he is mentally committed to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For many are called, but few are chosen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6052]]></link><description><![CDATA[For many are called, but few are chosen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the key to contentment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the key to contentment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47519]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to have passion to play football. We had it on the goal line. But we didn't play like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42683]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to have passion to play football. We had it on the goal line. But we didn't play like that all the time on the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42510]]></link><description><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God himself favors the brave. [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4865]]></link><description><![CDATA[God himself favors the brave. [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50951]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a real tug of war in the yen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a real tug of war in the yen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kisses honeyed by oblivion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kisses honeyed by oblivion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The female of the species is more deadly than the male. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The female of the species is more deadly than the male.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her rarely striking out was not genetics. I think it was the psychology I tried to implant in her when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her rarely striking out was not genetics. I think it was the psychology I tried to implant in her when she was young. We would go to the batting cage and I would put it on 110 pitches. I told her as long as you at least foul the ball off there is no way you are going to strike out and that all you have to do is just nick the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64483]]></link><description><![CDATA[People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64483</guid></item></channel></rss>