<?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[One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2019]]></link><description><![CDATA[One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the physician of each misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the physician of each misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Highness, we are at a critical juncture in our nation's history. The disruption of our oil supply was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your Highness, we are at a critical juncture in our nation's history. The disruption of our oil supply was the final straw. It wrecked the economy. Japan is in ruins; millions are out of work. We must repair the damage and ensure it never happens again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who teaches children learns more than they do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5940]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who teaches children learns more than they do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1753]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62042]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42437]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans will concentrate on Latinos is that they are in some ways a swing vote, ... Both Bush and Gore can try to make some inroads into the other candidate's Latino base.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18552]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bartell is getting better and better and better every week. There's a lot of things that he has to learn. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bartell is getting better and better and better every week. There's a lot of things that he has to learn. First of all, he's starting to figure out that the speed of this game's different than it was at Howard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.  The sudden blush ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.  The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow;   They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats,    And flare up bodily, wings and all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51485]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. - Notes on Doctrinal and Spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. - Notes on Doctrinal and Spiritual Subjects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But here by the mill the castled clouds Mocked themselves in the dizzy water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8910]]></link><description><![CDATA[But here by the mill the castled clouds Mocked themselves in the dizzy water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62377]]></link><description><![CDATA[WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62377</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[Learning is the discovery that something is possible ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is the discovery that something is possible]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use what talent you possess-the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use what talent you possess-the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  Never do anything through strife, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  Never do anything through strife, or emulation, or vainglory. Never do anything in order to excel other people, but in order to please God, and because it is His will that you should do everything in the best manner that you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember the silence, the eerie sound of silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember the silence, the eerie sound of silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There aren't any embarrassing questions -- only embarrassing answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23364]]></link><description><![CDATA[There aren't any embarrassing questions -- only embarrassing answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4829]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The notion of terror to overcome terrorism, violence to overcome violence, is counterproductive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The notion of terror to overcome terrorism, violence to overcome violence, is counterproductive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32847]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe where we went.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the Nightly shore,-- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the Nightly shore,-- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!  Quoth the Raven "Nevermore!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways of Providence with drunken skippers is to run them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways of Providence with drunken skippers is to run them on the rocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30195]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and prizes for acts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but tyrants have any business to be afraid. [Fr., Fr., Il n'appartient, qu'aux tyrans d'etre toujours en crainte.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59970]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but tyrants have any business to be afraid. [Fr., Fr., Il n'appartient, qu'aux tyrans d'etre toujours en crainte.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people on the basis of sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people on the basis of sexual preference, of sexual orientation. It's wrong to say that women are unequal, if the Bible says so. It's wrong to say that Blacks are unequal even if the Hammite myth supports it or suggests it. The Bible is often wrong. It is often right. Of course, it is often brilliantly right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest form of vanity is love of fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest form of vanity is love of fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took the No. 1 team in the county right to the edge. I think we're playing our best ball ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32741]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took the No. 1 team in the county right to the edge. I think we're playing our best ball right now and that we sent a message tonight to the rest of the county: Meade is no pushover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47154]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truly fearless think of themselves as normal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the great majority of men. Every valuable thing that has been added to the store of man's possessions has been derided by them when it was new, and destroyed by them when they had the power. They have fought every new truth ever heard of, and they have killed every truth-seeker who got into their hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28883</guid></item></channel></rss>