<?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[We act as though comfort and luxury were the chiefrequirements of life, when all that we need to make us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22385]]></link><description><![CDATA[We act as though comfort and luxury were the chiefrequirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is somethingto be enthusiastic about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22797]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene Cloutier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So here hath been dawning Another blue day;  Think, wilt thou let it   Slip useless away?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11132]]></link><description><![CDATA[So here hath been dawning Another blue day;  Think, wilt thou let it   Slip useless away?    Out of eternity     This new day is born,      Into eternity       At night will return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none.  My tongue and soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none.  My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites:   How in my words somever she be shent,    To give them seals never, my soul, consent!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without alienation, there can be no politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without alienation, there can be no politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Duke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55752]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Duke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that there were only two people in my high school that were comfortable there, and I think they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that there were only two people in my high school that were comfortable there, and I think they are both pumping gas now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a Tartar] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a Tartar]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64295]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the first time that we see that a Western woman, a Belgian, marrying a radical Muslim, and is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35846]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the first time that we see that a Western woman, a Belgian, marrying a radical Muslim, and is converted up to the point of becoming a jihad fighter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adam was looking for a comedian to do a 7 o'clock show. Two years ago, I was up for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adam was looking for a comedian to do a 7 o'clock show. Two years ago, I was up for a 10 o'clock show at another hotel, but I didn't want a 10 o'clock show. It isn't my crowd and I didn't think it would work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a coach, you hate to see your kids in pain and suffering a little bit. So I was just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30884]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a coach, you hate to see your kids in pain and suffering a little bit. So I was just trying to encourage him and talk to him about what he learned and some of the positives that should have been gained here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be disingenuous if I said I wasn't concerned, ... I think the capacity additions I've read about may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be disingenuous if I said I wasn't concerned, ... I think the capacity additions I've read about may not necessarily prove profitable for those that are entering those markets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no means that exempt us from the task and duty of joining our own best endeavors. The original stock, or wild olive tree, of our natural powers, was not given to us to be burnt or blighted, but to be grafted on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51359]]></link><description><![CDATA[A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1012]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And every dew-drop paints a bow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12198]]></link><description><![CDATA[And every dew-drop paints a bow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad originals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad originals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on--not for looking at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on--not for looking at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66528]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lie is a condition of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lie is a condition of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fire of glory is the torch of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39531]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ it needs warding off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from gay cities, and the ways of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from gay cities, and the ways of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw a lot of two-lane roads become four-lane roads. Back when I first started all the development on (Ga. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33762]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw a lot of two-lane roads become four-lane roads. Back when I first started all the development on (Ga. Highway) 124 had not occurred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A name is a label, and as soon as there is a label, the ideas disappear and out comes label-worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44100]]></link><description><![CDATA[A name is a label, and as soon as there is a label, the ideas disappear and out comes label-worship and label-bashing, and instead of living by a theme of ideas, people begin dying for labels... and the last thing the world needs is another religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11407]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved--and not the reverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display.  And let thy strength be seen:   But O, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16581]]></link><description><![CDATA[If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display.  And let thy strength be seen:   But O, if Fortune fill thy sail    With more than a propitious gale,     Take half thy canvas in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where should the scholar live? In solitude, or in society? in the green stillness of the country, where he can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where should the scholar live? In solitude, or in society? in the green stillness of the country, where he can hear the heart of Nature beat, or in the dark, gray town where he can hear and feel the throbbing heart of man?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2113]]></link><description><![CDATA[NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all professionals in here and everyone can give a little more and be a little better. We have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37353]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all professionals in here and everyone can give a little more and be a little better. We have to play with more confidence and more urgency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't learn less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22056]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't learn less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The murmur that springs From the growing of grass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The murmur that springs From the growing of grass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your great umbrage would care to meet my high dudgeon at 12 paces, I would be happy to entertain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your great umbrage would care to meet my high dudgeon at 12 paces, I would be happy to entertain you at dawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace be with you. [Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace be with you. [Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45862</guid></item></channel></rss>