<?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 like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real bendersI don't do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39027]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real bendersI don't do that anymore. But when you go on bender you never know what's going to happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth,  And truth disclaiming both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth,  And truth disclaiming both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48839]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming and Windows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Berowne:) What is the end of study, let me know? (King:) What, that to know which else we should not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58045]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Berowne:) What is the end of study, let me know? (King:) What, that to know which else we should not know.  (Berowne:) Things hid and barred, you mean, from common sense?   (King:) Ay, that is study's godlike recompense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52571]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45305]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is his own chief enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is his own chief enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not only a commitment to the promises of Christ; faith is also a commitment to the demands of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not only a commitment to the promises of Christ; faith is also a commitment to the demands of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death will have his day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death will have his day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking hot punch in self-preservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13003]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking hot punch in self-preservation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed; Give us courage to change what should be changed; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55194]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed; Give us courage to change what should be changed; Give us the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2922]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. •Robert Fripp    There is nothing more notable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. •Robert Fripp    There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. -John Steinbeck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18966]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. -John Steinbeck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was promulgation of false propaganda bythe administration about the existence of weapons ofmass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59838]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was promulgation of false propaganda bythe administration about the existence of weapons ofmass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation of falsepropaganda about Iraq as a base for Al Qaeda.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line is that no matter what we do, the site will be clean when we are done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is that no matter what we do, the site will be clean when we are done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more connections that can be made in the brain, the more integrated the experience is within memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more connections that can be made in the brain, the more integrated the experience is within memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12883]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of our reach the gods have laid Of time to come th' event,  And laugh to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of our reach the gods have laid Of time to come th' event,  And laugh to see the fools afraid   Of what the knaves invent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true, it's our responsibility because we are the only ones here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33549]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true, it's our responsibility because we are the only ones here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, I hate rats! In my time, I've picked up all sorts of things in hotels-fleas, lice, tapeworm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is able who thinks he is able. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43233]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is able who thinks he is able.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the sheep are in the fauld, and a' the kye at hame, And all the weary world to sleep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56612]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the sheep are in the fauld, and a' the kye at hame, And all the weary world to sleep are gane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice for him to finally get rewarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31319]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice for him to finally get rewarded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an incredible serve, ... The trajectory is the main issue because you're lunging but then it's up. You're sort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29177]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an incredible serve, ... The trajectory is the main issue because you're lunging but then it's up. You're sort of diving, but then you can't reach it, even if you dive perfectly on cue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59751]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In spending lies the advantage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49543]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spending lies the advantage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take it personally. The nation's Guardian readers all just arrived at our incredibly right-on jobs and are wondering if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take it personally. The nation's Guardian readers all just arrived at our incredibly right-on jobs and are wondering if drinking seven fair trade coffees in a row will make us feel better about third world debt. It's hard to get involved in a game between a porcine American and small, dull looking Belgian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I 'll be hanged. -King Henry IV. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55849]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I 'll be hanged. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Johnson has] been a visionary, ... Wherever he goes, success follows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28637]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Johnson has] been a visionary, ... Wherever he goes, success follows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57494]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We frolic while 'tis May. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48992]]></link><description><![CDATA[We frolic while 'tis May.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7107]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that he is indeed our Master.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual, and only the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20640]]></link><description><![CDATA[A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual, and only the individual reader is important to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do want your big guns for the play-offs. We'll just have to knuckle down and work as a unit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32588]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do want your big guns for the play-offs. We'll just have to knuckle down and work as a unit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15192]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon the materialism of the economists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15192</guid></item></channel></rss>