<?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[Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.   - Clement Walker, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.   - Clement Walker,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music helps not the toothache. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music helps not the toothache.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5650]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28389]]></link><description><![CDATA["ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear that we couldn't compete with that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a master and servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a master and servant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/375</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[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The knight's bones are dust, And his good sword rust;  His soul is with the saints, I trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57144]]></link><description><![CDATA[The knight's bones are dust, And his good sword rust;  His soul is with the saints, I trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12515]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows,  The timid, bashful violet   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows,  The timid, bashful violet   Or the royal-hearted rose:    The pansy in purple dress,     The pink with cheek of red,      Or the faint, fair heliotrope, who hangs,       Like a bashful maid her head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. Yao is going to be a part of the Rockets for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40682]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. Yao is going to be a part of the Rockets for a long time. I feel he'll become one of the great players in NBA history. He's got the size, intelligence, youth, and quickness to be a phenomenal, forceful player in the league.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a retreat the lame are formost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49533]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a retreat the lame are formost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He loved politicians - even Republicans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47022]]></link><description><![CDATA[He loved politicians - even Republicans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water heats up much more slowly than land surfaces, so in the summer the water is acting to cool the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water heats up much more slowly than land surfaces, so in the summer the water is acting to cool the surrounding land surface. In the winter, the opposite happens. In winter the water remains warmer than the surrounding land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41918]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51159]]></link><description><![CDATA[He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23673]]></link><description><![CDATA[People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I?m just tired. That was rough. Those last 10 seconds were a lifetime, as usual against Michigan State. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I?m just tired. That was rough. Those last 10 seconds were a lifetime, as usual against Michigan State.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I were to become suddenly rich and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61410]]></link><description><![CDATA[You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I were to become suddenly rich and powerful. Who can determine what would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you were to become a lion, what sort of a lion would you be?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890   In the first ages, [catechizing] was a work of long time; months, sometimes years, were devoted to the arduous task of disabusing the mind of the incipient Christian of its pagan errors, and of moulding it upon the Christian faith. The Scriptures indeed were at hand for the study of those who could avail themselves of them, but St. Iranaeus does not hesitate to speak of whole races who had been converted to Christianity, without being able to read them. To be unable to read or write was in those times no evidence of want of learning; the hermits of the deserts were, in one sense of the word, illiterate, yet the great St. Anthony, though he knew not letters, was a match in disputation for the learned philosophers who came to try him.  ... John Henry Newman, "What is a University?" August 12, 2000   Any single verse of the Bible, taken in isolation, may actually be dangerous to your spiritual health. Every part of it must be read in relation to the whole message.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time we enjoy wasting is usually a good indicator of our real values… The best things in life feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60361]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time we enjoy wasting is usually a good indicator of our real values… The best things in life feel like we feel when we waste our time!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36075]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not released from his commitment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't that we don't want to comply, but the sheriffs are saying they don't have the resources or ability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35017]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't that we don't want to comply, but the sheriffs are saying they don't have the resources or ability to do it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult to each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23779]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult to each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13585]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building is a sweet impoverishing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Building is a sweet impoverishing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44072]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44329]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16648]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61155]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30754]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in just a few days of conversation we were able to reach an agreement that we think will ensure his future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes someone has to hurt you deep enough to make you realize how better your life is without them in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes someone has to hurt you deep enough to make you realize how better your life is without them in it...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5952]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304  It is not in the gifts He received but in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304  It is not in the gifts He received but in the virtues He practiced that Christ is our model. That which is asked of you, so that you may resemble Him, is to make the same use as He did of the gifts of God, according to the measure in which you have received them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of two evils I have chose the least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of two evils I have chose the least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33365]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poetry of the earth is never dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poetry of the earth is never dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43918</guid></item></channel></rss>