<?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[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13075]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4932]]></link><description><![CDATA[It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17984]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This medal belongs to a lot of people who put in years and years of hard work and dedication. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30051]]></link><description><![CDATA[This medal belongs to a lot of people who put in years and years of hard work and dedication. There were teams that came before us that were never able to break through, and we've always been inspired by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25661]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/92]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/92</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a great day, especially with the weather. First the heat, then the thunder, then the sun again. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40374]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a great day, especially with the weather. First the heat, then the thunder, then the sun again. For the overall standings it is great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34993]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  If we are prepared to admit, even as a possibility, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  If we are prepared to admit, even as a possibility, that Jesus was divine, or even that without being divine he was unique, then we must, as a matter of logic, discard any attempt to discredit the Gospel accounts on the ground that they record miracles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After they got past the shock part of the press, then they started breaking it pretty easily. So we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39721]]></link><description><![CDATA[After they got past the shock part of the press, then they started breaking it pretty easily. So we had to get out of that for a while. It was as good a start was we wanted for the first five minutes. Then we gave up a foul here and a foul there and put them to the free throw line. The Stinson girl is tough, she was hitting free throws. All of them are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really don't have enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28104]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really don't have enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foremost art of kings is the ability to endure hatred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foremost art of kings is the ability to endure hatred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63407]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42316]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24496]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43516]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is our importance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41716]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57777]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;  The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape, give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all you've had for the past three weeks is pizza, tuna fish looks pretty good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all you've had for the past three weeks is pizza, tuna fish looks pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56740]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60197]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few personsnearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word  As--fail! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14912]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word  As--fail!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had a frank and open exchange of views. Dick impressed upon him that the board and management are committed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34164]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had a frank and open exchange of views. Dick impressed upon him that the board and management are committed to moving as aggressively as appropriate on its current course to create and deliver long-term value for all of the company's shareholders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People perceive the campaign to be close, so that should stimulate people to vote. And the media environment is unbelievable, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36489]]></link><description><![CDATA[People perceive the campaign to be close, so that should stimulate people to vote. And the media environment is unbelievable, in terms of focusing on the campaign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tigers have built a much stronger military machine in the four years of the cease-fire. If the intensity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36733]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tigers have built a much stronger military machine in the four years of the cease-fire. If the intensity of the war increases, there is no doubt they have developed a capability to strike in Colombo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filledwith noble risks, is worth whole years of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22621]]></link><description><![CDATA[One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filledwith noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltrydecorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish watersthrough a marsh, without either honour or observation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31017]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dance is about never-ending aspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dance is about never-ending aspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The march of intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The march of intellect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there is significant confusion at the Fed itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36351]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there is significant confusion at the Fed itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along, while we live, it hath faithful company that adheres to itand helps it. Love works, and hope works, and all other graces -- self-denial, readiness to the cross -- they all work and help faith. Yet when we come to die, faith is left alone. Now, try what faith will do. Not to be surprised with any thing is the substance of human wisdom; not to be surprised with death is a great part of the substance of our spiritual wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as you know men are like children, you know everything! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66802]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things are very dry right now - extremely dry. So if anyone does any ditch or field burning, they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things are very dry right now - extremely dry. So if anyone does any ditch or field burning, they have to know that it may move faster than they anticipate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4755]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's just something to mislead the jury. And I don't think there's a problem anyway, because very few ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's just something to mislead the jury. And I don't think there's a problem anyway, because very few juries ever acquit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9378]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9378</guid></item></channel></rss>