<?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 did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given the decision by the Justice Department to indict the entire 26,000-person firm, it is invertible there will be some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given the decision by the Justice Department to indict the entire 26,000-person firm, it is invertible there will be some personnel cuts,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Goethe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Goethe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time's running out right now. If we're going to turn it around, it needs to be real, real quick ? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time's running out right now. If we're going to turn it around, it needs to be real, real quick ? like next game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even here Thy strong magnetic charms I feel, And pant and tremble like the amorous steel.  To lower good, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even here Thy strong magnetic charms I feel, And pant and tremble like the amorous steel.  To lower good, and beauties less divine,   Sometimes my erroneous needle does incline;    But yet (so strong the sympathy)     It turns, and points again to Thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The kingdom of heaven is not come even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the eagle, I live in high country, in rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky;I am the hawk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61581]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the eagle, I live in high country, in rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky;I am the hawk and there's blood on my feathers, but time is still turning they soon will be dry;All those who see me, and all who believe in me, share in the freedom I feel when I fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves toget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves toget it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light Winged Smoke Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and the messenger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light Winged Smoke Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn, Circling above the hamlets as thy nest; Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts; By night star-veiling, and by day Darkening the light and blotting out the sun; Go thou my incense upward from this hearth, And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.-Henry David Thoreau-.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has proven herself to be a likable and strong-willed woman. I am sure she will prove herself very worthy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33573]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has proven herself to be a likable and strong-willed woman. I am sure she will prove herself very worthy of this place in history and will serve as an inspiration for women the world over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and repulses. There can be nothing more terrible or wonderful than to be stricken with love for Christ so deeply that the whole being goes out in a pained adoration of His person, an adoration that disturbs and disconcerts while it purges and satisfies and relaxes the deep inner heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the punishment fit the crime ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the punishment fit the crime]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some write their wrongs in marble: he more just, Stoop'd down serene and wrote them on the dust,  Trod ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some write their wrongs in marble: he more just, Stoop'd down serene and wrote them on the dust,  Trod under foot, the sport of every wind,   Swept from the earth and blotted from his mind,    There, secret in the grave, he bade them lie,     And grieved they could not 'scape the Almighty eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23974]]></link><description><![CDATA[For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them call it mischief; Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them call it mischief; Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11081]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49012]]></link><description><![CDATA[A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am your host. With robber's hands in my hospitable favors  You should not ruffle thus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19867]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am your host. With robber's hands in my hospitable favors  You should not ruffle thus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a lot of courage- -to move in the opposite direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead. [Lat., Urit enim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18261]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead. [Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes  Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the husband once give way To his wife's capricious sway,  For his breeches he next day   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the husband once give way To his wife's capricious sway,  For his breeches he next day   May go to whoop and holloa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47258]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number--a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The resistance of a woman to a man’s advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes it’s just a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The resistance of a woman to a man’s advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes it’s just a sign of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53138]]></link><description><![CDATA[An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook. [Lat., Cautus enim metuit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58406]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook. [Lat., Cautus enim metuit foveam lupus, accipiterque  Suspectos laqueos, et opertum milvius hamum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44941]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59112]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may be right but irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender; God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;  But who the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54454]]></link><description><![CDATA[God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender; God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;  But who the pretender is, or who is King--   God bless us all--that's quite another thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21101]]></link><description><![CDATA[They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24157]]></link><description><![CDATA[If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought forth a mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43317]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought forth a mouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hide your body in the Big Dipper ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hide your body in the Big Dipper]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that the addition of the 12th regular-season game would make any playoff even more difficult. I find little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42400]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that the addition of the 12th regular-season game would make any playoff even more difficult. I find little support for a playoff among presidents of major universities, and I believe some voted for the 12th game in lieu of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be at charges for a looking-glass And entertain a score or two of tailors  To study fashions to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be at charges for a looking-glass And entertain a score or two of tailors  To study fashions to adorn my body:   Since I am crept in favor with myself,    I will maintain it with some little cost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15349</guid></item></channel></rss>