<?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[They were in a better condition, acknowledging only a terror above them flaming on that unknown mountain height, than stooping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8125]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were in a better condition, acknowledging only a terror above them flaming on that unknown mountain height, than stooping to worship the idol below them. Fear is nobler than sensuality. Fear is better than no God, better than a god made with hands. In that fear lay deep hidden the sense of the infinite. The worship of fear is true, though very low; and though not acceptable to God in itself -- for only the worship of spirit and of truth is acceptable to him -- yet even in His sight it is precious. For he regards men not as they are merely, but as they shall be; not as they shall be merely, but as they are now growing, or capable of growing, towards that image after which He made them that they might grow to it. Therefore a thousand stages, each in itself all but valueless, are of inestimable worth as the necessary and connected gradations of an infinite progress. A condition which of declension would indicate a devil, may of growth indicate a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an accomplishment for all Iraqis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34847]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an accomplishment for all Iraqis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1877]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She went her unremembering way, She went and left in me  The pang of all the partings gone,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45577]]></link><description><![CDATA[She went her unremembering way, She went and left in me  The pang of all the partings gone,   And partings yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/958]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men need patience to die, but a saint who understands what death admits him to should rather need patience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men need patience to die, but a saint who understands what death admits him to should rather need patience to live]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,  When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board   The old broken links of affection restored,    When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,     And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.      What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye?       What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44336]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, we are less likely to mention being aware of the world around us, and more likely to mention our inner reflections. But we are less likely to mention thinking about other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12765]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were clearly a better team with our injuries. With three weight classes out - you have a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30958]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were clearly a better team with our injuries. With three weight classes out - you have a problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23934]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a confession of pain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a confession of pain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going to do something, you will see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28745]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going to do something, you will see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir Beatle is inviting 300 people. They are all sworn to secrecy, lest this get in the papers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir Beatle is inviting 300 people. They are all sworn to secrecy, lest this get in the papers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The god-like hero sate On his imperial throne:  His valiant peers were placed around,   Their brows with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4850]]></link><description><![CDATA[The god-like hero sate On his imperial throne:  His valiant peers were placed around,   Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound    (So should desert in arms be crowned).     The lovely Thais by his side,      Sate like a blooming Eastern bride       In flower of youth and beauty's pride.        Happy, happy, happy pair!         None but the brave,          None but the brave,           None but the brave deserve the fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personality in man is what is "not his own" . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personality in man is what is "not his own" . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of exterior impressions left in the memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60654]]></link><description><![CDATA[I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, it wasn't my fault. I didn't shoot the man. But he was a civilian, and I ask myself, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, it wasn't my fault. I didn't shoot the man. But he was a civilian, and I ask myself, 'What was his fault?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  A great many of those about me would be imprisoned under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  A great many of those about me would be imprisoned under any law; in France, as here, they would be regular jail-birds. But I loved them better and better -- and still I knew how little was my love for them compared to Christ's. It is easy enough for a man to be honest and a "Good Christian" and keeper of "the moral law", when he has his own little room, his purse well filled -- when he is well shod and well fed. It is far less easy for a man who has to live from day to day, roaming from city to city, from factory to factory. It is far less easy for someone just out of jail, with nothing to wear but old down-at-the-heels shoes and a shirt in rags. All of a sudden, I understood our Lord's words: "I was in prison ... and you visited me not." All these men, lazy, outside the law, starving: these failures of all kinds -- they were dear to Christ -- they were Christ, waiting in prison for someone to lean over Him -- and if we were true Christians, we would do them every kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,  And by its weakness overcomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43205]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,  And by its weakness overcomes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56393]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire. [Lat., Cui peccare licet peccat minus. Ipsa potestas  Semina nequitiae languidiora facit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45860]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first week, I dwelled on my stats. This week, in the second half, that helped me out. I didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first week, I dwelled on my stats. This week, in the second half, that helped me out. I didn't worry about it. I'm feeling more comfortable every week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4331]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Brian's) the best sophomore I've ever coached. He's got tremendous skills. He has true mark of a Division I player. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37566]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Brian's) the best sophomore I've ever coached. He's got tremendous skills. He has true mark of a Division I player. He can do things that you can't coach. He jumps out of the gym, he can shoot and handle, plus he's long and athletic. I'm glad I have him for two more years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60536]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the great purpose of all things, and pressing forward to finish the work which is in sight, whatever the price may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Major social movements. . . eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46416]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. [Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18481]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. [Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21314</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[I'm a pretty paranoid guy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a pretty paranoid guy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46312]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure when Chuck Schumer needs information from the Congressional Budget Office, he doesn't have to check with Harry Reid, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure when Chuck Schumer needs information from the Congressional Budget Office, he doesn't have to check with Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate leader. I expect to be calling Mr. Naughton directly as I always have in the past. If she wants to know what I'm doing, she can always call me. I'll be happy to respond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breeds pride and arrogance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9992]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a selective memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:  Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59474</guid></item></channel></rss>