<?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[Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25513]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We strive to create the best possible experience for all students. Students have usually had a very positive response to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33276]]></link><description><![CDATA[We strive to create the best possible experience for all students. Students have usually had a very positive response to the overall study abroad experience. As the student participation increases, staff support will be adjusted accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is engendered in the eyes; By gazing fed; and fancy dies  In the cradle where it lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51411]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is engendered in the eyes; By gazing fed; and fancy dies  In the cradle where it lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61521]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale, and this cuff was but to knock at your ear, and beseech listening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25170]]></link><description><![CDATA[And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale, and this cuff was but to knock at your ear, and beseech listening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[peace for allwants Isabelle.. Iraq AfghanistanPalestine and Israel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4940]]></link><description><![CDATA[peace for allwants Isabelle.. Iraq AfghanistanPalestine and Israel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you have seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29792]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you have seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and Iraq, in spite of the blackouts by your media, are only the losses of the initial clashes. ... You will soon experience horrors that will make you forget the horrors you have encountered in Vietnam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must dominate in his turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24479]]></link><description><![CDATA[The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must dominate in his turn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3666]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our grandmother, try to obtain knowledge that you may be strengthened in life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is excitement without breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is excitement without breath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622  Complain as little as possible of your wrongs, for, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622  Complain as little as possible of your wrongs, for, as a general rule, you may be sure that complaining is sin: ... because self-love always magnifies our injuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open confession is good for the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Open confession is good for the soul]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell,  And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell,  And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head   The likeness of a kingly crown had on.    Satan was now at hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon."N.B.: Vigny refers to Comte de Vigny, who locked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon."N.B.: Vigny refers to Comte de Vigny, who locked himself in an ivory tower to work without the influences of man and desire. - Pensees d'Aout.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45009]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first I thought, if I were Superman, a perfect secret identity would be "Clark Kent, Dentist," because you could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11770]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first I thought, if I were Superman, a perfect secret identity would be "Clark Kent, Dentist," because you could save money on tooth X-rays. But then I thought, if a patient said, "How's my back tooth?" and you just looked at it with your X-ray vision and said, "Oh it's okay," then the patient would probably say, "Aren't you going to take an X-ray, stupid?" and you'd say, "Aw fuck you, get outta here," and then he probably wouldn't even pay his bill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4583]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those were turning points, but it's going to happen. They're a good team and it was a hard fought game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those were turning points, but it's going to happen. They're a good team and it was a hard fought game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221  It is the fellowship of the Cross to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221  It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we have adversity we oftentimes tend to look around and think that we're the Lone Ranger. We tend to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57727]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we have adversity we oftentimes tend to look around and think that we're the Lone Ranger. We tend to believe that we're the only one who has problems. And we always look around and see others who are more talented, taller, smarter, handsomer, or faster. I can assure you, everyone has problems—even football coaches. The ability we have to handle this adversity will determine the degree of success that we will have in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes the program run is the parents of these kids are willing to bring them early or pick them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39606]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes the program run is the parents of these kids are willing to bring them early or pick them up late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2786]]></link><description><![CDATA[What beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without a friend is death without a witness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life without a friend is death without a witness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People kept coming up to our booth asking if this was the knee brace that everyone was talking about! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42582]]></link><description><![CDATA[People kept coming up to our booth asking if this was the knee brace that everyone was talking about!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11257]]></link><description><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongthemselves.Ojibway Tribe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45963]]></link><description><![CDATA[No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongthemselves.Ojibway Tribe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2608]]></link><description><![CDATA[To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60218]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16365]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26214]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have the ability to know where each other is gonna be. A lot of times, they'll make a pass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37393]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have the ability to know where each other is gonna be. A lot of times, they'll make a pass, and someone else might not know where it's going. But they know where it's going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise. -Nancy Thayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14790]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise. -Nancy Thayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9421]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will turn in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27148</guid></item></channel></rss>