<?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[No vacation goes unpunished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59585]]></link><description><![CDATA[No vacation goes unpunished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you get the card, it's a shock. People at age 50 don't feel ready to begin a new stage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40899]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you get the card, it's a shock. People at age 50 don't feel ready to begin a new stage of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,  And of so easy and so plain a stop  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,  And of so easy and so plain a stop   That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,    The still-discordant wavering multitude,     Can play upon it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47115]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. - "Amendment II".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50738]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every egg represents 32 hours of jail for a chickenkept in a 3 ft by 1 ft cage, debeaked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every egg represents 32 hours of jail for a chickenkept in a 3 ft by 1 ft cage, debeaked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37121]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is action in rehearsal ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is action in rehearsal]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52770]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,  And some the architect: his hand was known  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,  And some the architect: his hand was known   In heaven by many a tower'd structure high,    Where scepter'd angels held their residence,     And sat as princes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You no longer really have to record the Super Bowl because you can get all the commercials on AOL the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33017]]></link><description><![CDATA[You no longer really have to record the Super Bowl because you can get all the commercials on AOL the next day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will ourself in person to this war; And, for our coffers, with too great a court  And liberal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54513]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will ourself in person to this war; And, for our coffers, with too great a court  And liberal largess, are grown somewhat light,   We are enforced to farm our royal realm,    The revenue whereof shall furnish us     For our affairs in hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63601]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, I will fasten on this sleeve of thine: Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine,  Whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, I will fasten on this sleeve of thine: Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine,  Whose weakness married to thy stronger state   Makes with me thy strength to communicate.    If aught possess thee from me, it is dross,     Usurping ivy, brier, or idle moss;      Who all for want of pruning, with intrusion       Infect thy sap and live on thy confusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33877]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they say I just don't understand it. You work around that by making it interesting and fun and relevant for kids.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56657]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the unbearable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We agreed in Cairo on a collective truce and the retaliation, therefore, should be collective, too, because this is an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41288]]></link><description><![CDATA[We agreed in Cairo on a collective truce and the retaliation, therefore, should be collective, too, because this is an Israeli carnage, the result of which must be shared by all parties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52050]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morgan!--She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove it. Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morgan!--She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove it. Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars won't buy her.  Briggs of Turlumme owned her. Did you know Briggs of Turlumme?--   Busted hisself in White Pine and blew out his brains down in Frisco?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11989]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is the task when many share the toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is the task when many share the toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26065]]></link><description><![CDATA[An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2617]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot going on. People are taking children into consideration and promoting families more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40534]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot going on. People are taking children into consideration and promoting families more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone told me at halftime I had five assists, but I just laughed at it. The win's more important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone told me at halftime I had five assists, but I just laughed at it. The win's more important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His bark is worse than his bite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49000]]></link><description><![CDATA[His bark is worse than his bite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's life after 401(k). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39472]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's life after 401(k).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from gay cities and the ways of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from gay cities and the ways of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60667]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672  Peace comes when there is no cloud between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672  Peace comes when there is no cloud between us and God. Peace is the consequence of forgiveness, God's removal of that which obscures His face and so breaks union with Him. The happy sequence culminating in fellowship with God is penitence, pardon, and peace -- the first we offer, the second we accept, and the third we inherit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With renunciation life begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53289]]></link><description><![CDATA[With renunciation life begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This making of Christians will raise the price of hogs; if we grow all to be pork-eaters, we shall not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6175]]></link><description><![CDATA[This making of Christians will raise the price of hogs; if we grow all to be pork-eaters, we shall not shortly have a rasher on the coals for money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is truth in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is truth in action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Layer by layer art strips life bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Layer by layer art strips life bare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud;  And sure, the reverent eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17844]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud;  And sure, the reverent eye must see   A purpose in Liquidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7153]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine    April 4, 1998  The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity; but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least of all deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're only truly great who are truly good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22134]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're only truly great who are truly good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we passed up a lot of good pitches to hit. We're just not playing with any fire in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we passed up a lot of good pitches to hit. We're just not playing with any fire in our eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66336]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would of course speak with any interested shareholder of relevant thoughts and perspectives. We have informed Icahn that we'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34168]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would of course speak with any interested shareholder of relevant thoughts and perspectives. We have informed Icahn that we'd be happy to meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boys and the FrogsSome boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boys and the FrogsSome boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1556</guid></item></channel></rss>