<?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[I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to move the whole monument, it would have crumbled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42038]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to move the whole monument, it would have crumbled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all progress, adn the essay into a better world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51275]]></link><description><![CDATA[For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100  When we say that the Scriptures are plain to all capacities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100  When we say that the Scriptures are plain to all capacities in all things necessary, we mean that any man of ordinary capacity, by his own diligence and care, in conjunction with the helps and advantages which God hath appointed, and in the due use of them, may attain to the knowledge of everything necessary to his salvation; and that there is no book in the world more plain and better fitted to teach a man any art or science than the Bible is to direct and instruct men in the way to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair ruins some, presumption many ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair ruins some, presumption many]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can be created out of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can be created out of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63027]]></link><description><![CDATA[For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, ah, Cytherea! Adonis is dead. She wept tear after tear, with the blood which was shed,--  And both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, ah, Cytherea! Adonis is dead. She wept tear after tear, with the blood which was shed,--  And both turned into flowers for the earth's garden-close;   Her tears, to the wind-flower,--his blood, to the rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[C. S. Lewis Centennial  Holding [the Way of Affirmation], we see that every created thing is, in its degree, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8528]]></link><description><![CDATA[C. S. Lewis Centennial  Holding [the Way of Affirmation], we see that every created thing is, in its degree, an image of God, and the ordinate and faithful appreciation of that thing a clue, which, truly followed, will lead back to Him. Holding [the Way of Rejection], we see that every created thing, the highest devotion to moral duty, the purest conjugal love, the saint and the seraph, is no more than an image; that every one of them, followed for its own sake and isolated from its source, becomes an idol whose service is damnation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you play safety in this defense, you have to know a lot about where people fit, what's going on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35375]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you play safety in this defense, you have to know a lot about where people fit, what's going on and the whole big picture. Eric has a very good grasp of the picture, of our whole defense. He's going to get the guys lined up in the right spots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27602]]></link><description><![CDATA[At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59058]]></link><description><![CDATA[I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21308]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or in running water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50802]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or in running water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that child is a message in a bottle, ... it has just washed up on shore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30811]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that child is a message in a bottle, ... it has just washed up on shore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14623]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was now left but a jail; and go to bed making a calculation of the expense of putting bow-windows to the house, "in case anything turned up," which was his favorite expression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was totally surprising to us and alarming to our colleagues, especially those interested in conservation, climate change and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36177]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was totally surprising to us and alarming to our colleagues, especially those interested in conservation, climate change and the ability of governments like Brazil to enforce environmental laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46021]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw two clouds at morning Tinged by the rising sun,  And in the dawn they floated on  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8903]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw two clouds at morning Tinged by the rising sun,  And in the dawn they floated on   And mingled into one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26817]]></link><description><![CDATA[When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14887]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All comes out even at the end of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11134]]></link><description><![CDATA[All comes out even at the end of the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be merry if you are wise. [Lat., Ride si sapis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be merry if you are wise. [Lat., Ride si sapis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smaller the head, the bigger the dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood is more forgiving than the church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hollywood is more forgiving than the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away, and mock the time with fairest show; False face must hide what the false heart doth khow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away, and mock the time with fairest show; False face must hide what the false heart doth khow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55106]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64295]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47789]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the whole history of war. But we can at least crystallize the lessons into two simple maxims- one negative, the other positive. The first is that, in face of the overwhelming evidence of history, no general is justified in launching his troops to a direct attack upon an enemy firmly in position. The second, that instead of seeking to upset the enemy's equilibrium by one's attack, it must be upset before a real attack is, or can be successfully launched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--  They had been fou for weeks thegither! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16762]]></link><description><![CDATA[His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--  They had been fou for weeks thegither!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked with him personally, and then with his agent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be ready to play whether it's Monday or Saturday. We're still at home, so that's cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39141]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be ready to play whether it's Monday or Saturday. We're still at home, so that's cool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll put that in my considering cap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59195]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll put that in my considering cap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She makes her hand hard with labour, and her heart soft with pity: and when winter evenings fall early (sitting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57223]]></link><description><![CDATA[She makes her hand hard with labour, and her heart soft with pity: and when winter evenings fall early (sitting at her merry wheel), she sings a defiance to the giddy wheel of fortune . . . and fears no manner of ill because she means none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation in the pipeline is building. We're probably going to see a strong employment number and that's not going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation in the pipeline is building. We're probably going to see a strong employment number and that's not going to be helpful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30763</guid></item></channel></rss>