<?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've always written in a free, unencumbered way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37992]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64941]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7841]]></link><description><![CDATA[The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14317]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47203]]></link><description><![CDATA[To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead. [Lat., Quem metuont oderunt, quem quisque odit periisse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead. [Lat., Quem metuont oderunt, quem quisque odit periisse expetit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60544]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Akaka said yesterday the future of Hawaiian programs could hinge on whether the bill is successful.] When that happens, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32562]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Akaka said yesterday the future of Hawaiian programs could hinge on whether the bill is successful.] When that happens, the courts I think will view these cases differently, ... But it will be in the hands of the courts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63351]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49129]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3943]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to treat people as if they have nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28638]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to treat people as if they have nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The unanimous decision upholds legislation passed eight years ago by lawmakers in British Columbia that allowed the province to seek ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35507]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The unanimous decision upholds legislation passed eight years ago by lawmakers in British Columbia that allowed the province to seek restitution for health care costs related to smoking for the last 50 years and for future costs.] We are very appreciative of this opportunity to hold the tobacco industry to account for its destructive products, ... That it was unanimous indicates the power of this ruling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51809]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare be bold, you're one of those Have took the covenant,  With cavaliers are cavaliers   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare be bold, you're one of those Have took the covenant,  With cavaliers are cavaliers   And with the saints, a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46390]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rise of every man he loved to trace, Up to the very pod O!  And, in baboons, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14343]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rise of every man he loved to trace, Up to the very pod O!  And, in baboons, our parent race   Was found by old Monboddo.    Their A, B, C, he made them speak,     And learn their qui, quae, quod, O!      Till Hebrew, Latin, Welsh, and Greek       They knew as well's Monboddo!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53698]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A grownup is a child with layers on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18375]]></link><description><![CDATA[A grownup is a child with layers on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if his name be George, I 'll call him Peter; For new-made honour doth forget men's names. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55779]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if his name be George, I 'll call him Peter; For new-made honour doth forget men's names. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no question average selling prices are dropping all over the marketplace, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35149]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no question average selling prices are dropping all over the marketplace,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No letters after your name are ever going to be a total guarantee of competence any more than they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9203]]></link><description><![CDATA[No letters after your name are ever going to be a total guarantee of competence any more than they are a guarantee against fraud. Improving competence involves continuing professional development ... That is the really crucial thing, not just passing an examination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30175]]></link><description><![CDATA[The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60281]]></link><description><![CDATA[In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the country's well-being: Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.... And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.... Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47964]]></link><description><![CDATA[We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many are called but few get up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many are called but few get up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonderful, fantastic, incredible, ... Only Saskatchewan could do that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonderful, fantastic, incredible, ... Only Saskatchewan could do that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14771]]></link><description><![CDATA[My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -- it gives a lovely light!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not many artists commit suicide by leaping off the pinnacle of success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not many artists commit suicide by leaping off the pinnacle of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be prepared is half the victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9894]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be prepared is half the victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals have no malice, hence also no laughter. They never savor the sudden glory of Schadenfreude. It was its infectious quality that made of laughter a medium of mutuality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no direct interest in those cities and don't have a strategic plan to include them, but that doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32823]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no direct interest in those cities and don't have a strategic plan to include them, but that doesn't mean we won't in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15101]]></link><description><![CDATA[After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's really good at moving people off the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42144]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's really good at moving people off the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For old age is not honored for length of time, or measured by number of years;  but understanding is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61752]]></link><description><![CDATA[For old age is not honored for length of time, or measured by number of years;  but understanding is gray hair for anyone,   and a blameless life is ripe old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot know wine by the barrell. [You cannot know the wine by the barrel.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50131]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot know wine by the barrell. [You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim's characters tend to wear darker colors and some, like the corpse bride, are no longer living, but they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tim's characters tend to wear darker colors and some, like the corpse bride, are no longer living, but they have a pluck and a spirit that makes you fall in love with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were coming off our moratorium, and we had a few shots that just didn't fall for us. We didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were coming off our moratorium, and we had a few shots that just didn't fall for us. We didn't play particularly well early in the game, but we were able to come back and play stronger in the third and fourth quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you get into a rhythm it doesn't matter what heat you're bowling in - you just keep going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you get into a rhythm it doesn't matter what heat you're bowling in - you just keep going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare,   A little child in a manger. The oxen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare,   A little child in a manger. The oxen knew Him, had Him in their care,   To men He was a stranger, The safety of the world was lying there,   And the world's danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6315</guid></item></channel></rss>