<?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[He that gives me small gifts would have me live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49341]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that gives me small gifts would have me live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it. [Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adflictis negat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it. [Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adflictis negat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money makes the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money makes the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49338]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29561]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils,  Trapped in the spectrum of a dying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8765]]></link><description><![CDATA[No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils,  Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style:   A village like an instinct left to rust,    Composed around the echo of a pistol-shot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light may come where all looks darkest, Hope hath life, when life seems o'er. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light may come where all looks darkest, Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is glory's small change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is glory's small change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888  I look on all the world as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888  I look on all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden duty, to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cincinnati policeman was using his nightsticklike a posthole digger.(in reference to the death by ruptured kidneyand other factors after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cincinnati policeman was using his nightsticklike a posthole digger.(in reference to the death by ruptured kidneyand other factors after the clubbing of Nathaniel Jonesby 2 Cincinnati policemen).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! that within its heart  Doth keep "a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! that within its heart  Doth keep "a drop serene" for human need,   A drowsy balm for every bitter smart.    For happy hours the Rose will idly blow--     The Poppy hath a charm for pain and woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62488]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it wasn't for faith, there would be no living in this world; we couldn't even eat hash with any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14985]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it wasn't for faith, there would be no living in this world; we couldn't even eat hash with any safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were just hanging around. I just didn't feel comfortable with our lead at the half. That third quarter really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37888]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were just hanging around. I just didn't feel comfortable with our lead at the half. That third quarter really helped us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she showed a tremendous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33410]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she showed a tremendous amount of poise for a ninth-grader. There were some rough spots, but this gives us something to build on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of it is the seat-of-your-pants-type thing and a lot of faith and trust in people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38511]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of it is the seat-of-your-pants-type thing and a lot of faith and trust in people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justin reminds me of Jim Brown in that he's real lazy getting out of the huddle and getting to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justin reminds me of Jim Brown in that he's real lazy getting out of the huddle and getting to the line, then all of the sudden he's gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When women go wrong, men go right after them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27127]]></link><description><![CDATA[When women go wrong, men go right after them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes"; They will say, "Women don't have what it takes";]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spring's already at the gate With looks my care beguiling;  The country round appeareth straight   A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57792]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spring's already at the gate With looks my care beguiling;  The country round appeareth straight   A flower-garden smiling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/99]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/99</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Unix is so damned useful, why is "no" in /usr/dict/words, but "yes" isn't? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Unix is so damned useful, why is "no" in /usr/dict/words, but "yes" isn't?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61951]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the process was started by the desire to buttress Republican districts, the question still is regardless of that, how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the process was started by the desire to buttress Republican districts, the question still is regardless of that, how cognizant of ethnicity can you be in crafting a district. How distorted can a district become when the purpose is to capture a particular race or ethnicity?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen, Unless the adage must be verified,  That beggars mounted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen, Unless the adage must be verified,  That beggars mounted run their horse to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an attempt to sabotage the process set in motion, ... a silver lining has started to appear in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34849]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an attempt to sabotage the process set in motion, ... a silver lining has started to appear in the dark clouds of violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of deeds lies in completing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of deeds lies in completing them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous youth,  That blushed at its own praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48932]]></link><description><![CDATA[He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous youth,  That blushed at its own praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation . . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17179]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation . . . . A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a lemon, make lemonade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47435]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a lemon, make lemonade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest hearts produce honest actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest hearts produce honest actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/674]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore what does that signify to me?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66596]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9342]]></link><description><![CDATA[People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55326]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime,  When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm   Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So still we glide down to the sea Of fathomless eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51100]]></link><description><![CDATA[So still we glide down to the sea Of fathomless eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing recedes like success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing recedes like success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22242</guid></item></channel></rss>