<?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[Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,  Reeling, through endless summer days,   From inns of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,  Reeling, through endless summer days,   From inns of molten blue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of the superior man is truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of the superior man is truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. Butthe spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21182]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. Butthe spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This sunlight shames November where he grieves In dead red leaves, and will not let him shun  The day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3570]]></link><description><![CDATA[This sunlight shames November where he grieves In dead red leaves, and will not let him shun  The day, though bough with bough be overrun.   But with a blessing every glade receives    High salutation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet you could shoot beer out of you nose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11707]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet you could shoot beer out of you nose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Error is just as important a condition of life as truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Error is just as important a condition of life as truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13658]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12350]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two other tender drops, which ready stood, Each in their crystal sluice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two other tender drops, which ready stood, Each in their crystal sluice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the difference between owning the building and just being the contractor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the difference between owning the building and just being the contractor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have screwed the truth, but fewhave called her the next day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have screwed the truth, but fewhave called her the next day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the present time, there are probably only a few areas in which one might be able to move forward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35512]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the present time, there are probably only a few areas in which one might be able to move forward by evidence-based benchmarks,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons in the gospel that pastoral work and evangelistic work ought to be paid, and will they not believe it? They would all believe it if the Holy Ghost did not dispute our teaching. It is a powerful proof of the presence and grace of the Holy Ghost that they do not all believe it and act accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17877]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that wecannot federalize virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21275]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that wecannot federalize virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been quite hectic. Through the generosity of local businesses, namely Wal-Mart, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Plum Creek Cleaners, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33594]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been quite hectic. Through the generosity of local businesses, namely Wal-Mart, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Plum Creek Cleaners, as well as school children from District 22, and a host of Dawson County residents and others in surrounding counties, we were able to help the families furnish their living quarters and obtain food and clothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there are multiple complaints, then my suspicion would be somewhere between the refinery and the tank, the blend encountered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33796]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there are multiple complaints, then my suspicion would be somewhere between the refinery and the tank, the blend encountered water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gently on tiptoe Sunday creeps, Cheerfully from the stars he peeps,  Mortals are all asleep below,   None ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gently on tiptoe Sunday creeps, Cheerfully from the stars he peeps,  Mortals are all asleep below,   None in the village hears him go;    E'en chanticleer keeps very still,     For Sunday whispered, 'twas his will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the governor expressed his concern that the local officials representing so many citizens were so stridently opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31897]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the governor expressed his concern that the local officials representing so many citizens were so stridently opposed to the proposal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They talk about the f------ mob; at least we've got principles! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36308]]></link><description><![CDATA[They talk about the f------ mob; at least we've got principles!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks easy, but It's not at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1018]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks easy, but It's not at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters. [One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49688]]></link><description><![CDATA[One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters. [One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary  The fall was simply this, that some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary  The fall was simply this, that some creature -- that is, something which is not God -- took His place with man; and man, trusting the creature more than God, walked in its light -- or darkness -- rather than in fellowship with God. Righteousness comes back when man by faith is brought to walk with God again, and to give Him His true place by acting or being acted upon in all things according to His will. Anything, therefore, not of faith is sin. And all such sin is bondage. Self-will is bondage, for self-will or independence of God means dependence on a creature; and we cannot be dependent on a creature, be it what it may, without (more or less) becoming subject to it. What has not been given up for money, or for some creature's love? But who has ever thus served the creature more than the Creator without waking at last to feel he is a bondman? I say nothing of the worse bondage which comes from our self-will, in the indulgence of our own thoughts, or passions, or affections. Even the very energies of faith, while, as yet unchastened, it acts from self, ... may only bring forth more bondage... Who but God can set men free? And He sets them free as they walk with Him. All independence of Him is darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47185]]></link><description><![CDATA[If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is to know whether Israel wants peace or not, and if it is ready to respect its international ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41310]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is to know whether Israel wants peace or not, and if it is ready to respect its international engagements, notably the roadmap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25346]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get a collective bargaining agreement done with Gene (Upshaw) and I don't see why we're having such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30873]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get a collective bargaining agreement done with Gene (Upshaw) and I don't see why we're having such a holdup at this time. He has his reasons and we have our reasons, but it's not a healthy situation to have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3248]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do as we say, and not as we do. [Lat., Faites ce que nous disons, et ne faites pas ce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do as we say, and not as we do. [Lat., Faites ce que nous disons, et ne faites pas ce que nous faisons.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing with Anthony is that he loves to play basketball. Any time the gym's open, he's here. All summer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31310]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing with Anthony is that he loves to play basketball. Any time the gym's open, he's here. All summer long, he was a gym rat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41752]]></link><description><![CDATA[We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better quality trials and a significant reduction in the number of people sentenced to death. Whatever their impact, they must not be seen as a substitute for more wide-ranging reforms aimed at the complete abolition of the death penalty in China.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . th' approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59930]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . th' approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade,   And the low sun had lengthen'd ev'ry shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew the way (the Cougars) played they were going to let us back in the game. We just kept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28363]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew the way (the Cougars) played they were going to let us back in the game. We just kept battling. We never lost our confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sean: My wife used to fart when she was nervous. She had all sorts of wonderful little idiosyncrasies. She used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sean: My wife used to fart when she was nervous. She had all sorts of wonderful little idiosyncrasies. She used to fart in her sleep. I thought I’d share that with you. One night it was so loud it woke the dog up. She woke up and went ‘ah was that you?’ And I didn’t have the heart to tell her. Oh!Will: She woke herself up?Sean: Ah...! But Will, she’s been dead for 2 years, and that's the shit I remember: wonderful stuff you know? Little things like that. Those are the things I miss the most. The little idiosyncrasies that only I know about: that's what made her my wife. Oh she had the goods on me too, she knew all my little peccadilloes. People call these things imperfections, but there not. Ah, that's the good stuff.~ Robin Williams as Sean Maguire, Matt Damon as Will Hunting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is our gift to each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is our gift to each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45908</guid></item></channel></rss>