<?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[Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56268]]></link><description><![CDATA[But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60028]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Arabian Proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18964]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Arabian Proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877   The entrance into Jerusalem [on Palm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877   The entrance into Jerusalem [on Palm Sunday] has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions -- even parading without a permit! Also, when Jesus "set his face to go to Jerusalem," what was involved was direct action, an open confrontation and public demonstration of the incompatibility of evil with the Kingdom of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53229]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm doing very well, soon to be good as new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm doing very well, soon to be good as new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50254]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888   In his experience of God, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888   In his experience of God, a Christian has a strong sense of his individuality, never of his unity with God. Expressed more sharply, he has a strong sense of the Creator-creature distinction, never of merging or absorption. Or, to put it more sharply still, a Christian has a sense of his moral sin and not just of his metaphysical smallness in the face of the beyond. The dilemma for man is not who he is but what he has done. His predicament is not that he is small, but that he is sinful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66782]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63872]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was ever precise in promise-keeping. -Measure for Measure. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55375]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was ever precise in promise-keeping. -Measure for Measure. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I get more nervous for (Josh) than I did when I wrestled. I wanted him to do well. I knew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I get more nervous for (Josh) than I did when I wrestled. I wanted him to do well. I knew how much pressure he had. I'm so happy for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Youth Volunteer Corps has helped us for about five years and we really depend on them to tackle big, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Youth Volunteer Corps has helped us for about five years and we really depend on them to tackle big, physical projects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go, and do thou likewise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go, and do thou likewise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds think alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds think alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40828]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in advance, ... A lot of the fall foliage travelers are seniors. Because their budgets are impacted more dramatically, I don't think they'll be traveling as much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we had more energy than them throughout the night, ... I think they're in a bit of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32577]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we had more energy than them throughout the night, ... I think they're in a bit of a funk now. But I think once they get going, they're going to be one of the top teams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was so proud of the heart we showed. Over the last three quarters, we fought our way back into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31952]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was so proud of the heart we showed. Over the last three quarters, we fought our way back into the game and had a big surge in the fourth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20587]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46033]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But zeal moved thee; To please thy gods thou didst it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62628]]></link><description><![CDATA[But zeal moved thee; To please thy gods thou didst it!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find a job you like and you add five days to every week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why fools are endowed by nature with voices so much louder than sensible people possess is a mystery. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why fools are endowed by nature with voices so much louder than sensible people possess is a mystery. It is a fact emphasized throughout history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15372]]></link><description><![CDATA[No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place. [Lat., Nulla vis humana vel virtus meruisse unquam potuit, ut, quod praescripsit fatalis ordo, non fiat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really don't have enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28104]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really don't have enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no reason to repeat bad history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53120]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no reason to repeat bad history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16978]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13502]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to be realistic. Everest has about a 33 percent success ratio. That's a one in three shot. I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30877]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to be realistic. Everest has about a 33 percent success ratio. That's a one in three shot. I'm a little older than most. This is my first trip. Most people wind up making a couple of trips before they summit. I don't know what my chances will be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air;  Beyond my heart I need not reach  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58256]]></link><description><![CDATA[I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air;  Beyond my heart I need not reach   When all is summer there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,  Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62156]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,  Then is the day of crumbling not far off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to travel well than to arrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to travel well than to arrive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why not be silent, patient, and watchful like a photographer? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why not be silent, patient, and watchful like a photographer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy madness of poetry without the inspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58096]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy madness of poetry without the inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12865]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh at yourself first before anyone else can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw my first Friesian back in 1980 when I was a judge at the California State Fair. I just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32766]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw my first Friesian back in 1980 when I was a judge at the California State Fair. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing --- the animation, the style, the tremendous stature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32766</guid></item></channel></rss>