<?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 one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59602]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have an exciting adventure ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33199]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have an exciting adventure ahead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1915]]></link><description><![CDATA[To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16611]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention to drugs which will end war?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from whatever cause, not from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2686]]></link><description><![CDATA[By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other pursuits, from a contempt bred of self satisfaction]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The information-warfare strategy will be detailed in a defense plan called] OPLAN 3600 ... unprecedented cooperation with commercial enterprises and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34312]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The information-warfare strategy will be detailed in a defense plan called] OPLAN 3600 ... unprecedented cooperation with commercial enterprises and other organizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whistling to keep myself from being afraid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need a rest. You know what to get worked up about and what to get rid of. And you know when it's time to take care of yourself, for yourself. To do something that makes you stronger, faster, more complete. Because you know it's never too late to have a life. And never too late to change one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60568]]></link><description><![CDATA[In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful Father, by Whose providence my life has been prolonged, and Who has granted me now to begin another year of probation, vouchsafe me such assistance of Thy Holy Spirit, that the continuance of my life may not add to the measure of my guilt, but that I may so repent of the days and years passed in neglect of the duties which Thou hast set before me, in vain thoughts, in sloth, and in folly, that I may apply my heart to true wisdom, by diligence redeem the time lost, and by repentance, obtain pardon, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet was he but a squire of low degree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet was he but a squire of low degree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure a lot of people look at Boise State winning this game. Everyone is looking at the type ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure a lot of people look at Boise State winning this game. Everyone is looking at the type of team they have and looking at the type of team they think we have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God who sends the wound sends the medicine. [Sp., Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26685]]></link><description><![CDATA[God who sends the wound sends the medicine. [Sp., Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52486]]></link><description><![CDATA[The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clouds that thunder do not always rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clouds that thunder do not always rain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942   The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942   The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need of those men whom they met cried aloud to them. Their own desire for the revelation of the glory of Jesus in the salvation of men went out towards those whom they met, and was immediately answered by the recognition of the need of those whom they met for Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that has done the most not only for his team, but has done most to help his team win baseball games. Not only for home runs, runs batted in and batting average, but also in the clubhouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although many machines have been disinfected, we're certainly not out of the woods yet. Many machines may still be infected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although many machines have been disinfected, we're certainly not out of the woods yet. Many machines may still be infected without their owner's knowledge. The amount of media attention regarding the destructiveness and rapid propagation of the worm are accelerating action to block and remove the virus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the Spencer mural has long since faded away, and they have put (up) a new mural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37260]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the Spencer mural has long since faded away, and they have put (up) a new mural.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28681]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27703]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Chambers make foolish maides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Empty Chambers make foolish maides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65618]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not easy being green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21564]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not easy being green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We haven't been playing up to our capabilities lately. A win like this, a win at Syracuse ... I mean, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37596]]></link><description><![CDATA[We haven't been playing up to our capabilities lately. A win like this, a win at Syracuse ... I mean, we were up 24 in the Carrier Dome. That says something about who we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9358]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every good painter paints what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every good painter paints what he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45633]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry so much about your self- esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry so much about your self- esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh-at yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21943]]></link><description><![CDATA[You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh-at yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21943</guid></item></channel></rss>