<?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[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52479]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ire of a despotic king Rides forth upon destruction's wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51105]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ire of a despotic king Rides forth upon destruction's wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What Thou wilt, when Thou wilt, how Thou wilt." I had rather speak these three sentences from my heart in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6948]]></link><description><![CDATA["What Thou wilt, when Thou wilt, how Thou wilt." I had rather speak these three sentences from my heart in my mother tongue than be master of all the languages in Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61544]]></link><description><![CDATA['Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46729]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46779]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play out the play. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play out the play. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it willbut grow and gather to itself such explosive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21570]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it willbut grow and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it burststhrough it will blow up everything in its way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28291]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Community service is a big part of scouting and this is a good project. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Community service is a big part of scouting and this is a good project.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training is useless unless you have a purpose, it's knowing for what purpose to train for that can break men's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Training is useless unless you have a purpose, it's knowing for what purpose to train for that can break men's fulfillment. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He without fear is king of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44206]]></link><description><![CDATA[He without fear is king of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone tells me that the Italian championship is the toughest in the world, but I'm not afraid. In my career, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone tells me that the Italian championship is the toughest in the world, but I'm not afraid. In my career, I've always scored goals, wherever I've been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33575]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may all be inclined to think of man's countless foolish and selfish intentions, his twisted and mischievous words and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8570]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may all be inclined to think of man's countless foolish and selfish intentions, his twisted and mischievous words and deeds. From all these, sin can be known, as a tree can be known from its fruits. Yet these outward signs are not sin itself, the wages of which are death. Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are. Shall we call it our pride or our laziness, or shall we call it the deceit of our life? Let us call it for once the great defiance which turns us again and again into the enemies of God and of our fellowmen, even of our own selves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ageism is the most pervasive form of prejudice experienced in the UK population and that seems to be true pretty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ageism is the most pervasive form of prejudice experienced in the UK population and that seems to be true pretty much across gender, ethnicity and religion -- people of all types experience it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56955]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is never to let them find out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46422]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59600]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60984]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And better skilled in dark events to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17090]]></link><description><![CDATA[And better skilled in dark events to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.(explaining to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57570]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.(explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak)  Bodes me no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52979]]></link><description><![CDATA[That Raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak)  Bodes me no good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mill cannot grind with water that's past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mill cannot grind with water that's past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64221]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I have come to realize, is to feel ourselves at home here on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is thehighest flight of human wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is thehighest flight of human wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I read the moral--A brave endeavour To do thy duty, whate'er its worth,  Is better than life with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13071]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I read the moral--A brave endeavour To do thy duty, whate'er its worth,  Is better than life with love forever,   And love is the sweetest thing on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. -Norman Cousins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55230]]></link><description><![CDATA[If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. -Norman Cousins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3746]]></link><description><![CDATA[In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66738]]></link><description><![CDATA[My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64975]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb. [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb. [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum;  Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thus, what can we do, Poor rose and poet too,  Who both antedate our mission   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54428]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thus, what can we do, Poor rose and poet too,  Who both antedate our mission   In an unprepared season?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52808]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap  Of murky buildings: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57182]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap  Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,--   Nature's observatory--whence the dell,    In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,     May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep      'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap       Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is very hard to shave an egge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49565]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is very hard to shave an egge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The variety of all things forms a pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The variety of all things forms a pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20507]]></link><description><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20507</guid></item></channel></rss>