<?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[And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23754]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs;  Since life's best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs;  Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease,   And though but few can serve, yet all may please;    On, let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence,     A small unkindness is a great offence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52290]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted into something specific.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17911]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35788]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be very proud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61742]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49101]]></link><description><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And like a dew-drop from the lion's mane, Be shook to air. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56070]]></link><description><![CDATA[And like a dew-drop from the lion's mane, Be shook to air. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is totally paradoxical. Denmark is one of the countries in the world where press freedom is the most respected. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29421]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is totally paradoxical. Denmark is one of the countries in the world where press freedom is the most respected. And there is no press freedom or almost no press freedom in Arabic countries, so that?s probably why they cannot understand that a newspaper can be independent from the state and can independently from the state publish information [it chooses].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or Rumour.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51824]]></link><description><![CDATA[She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or Rumour.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60281]]></link><description><![CDATA[In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the country's well-being: Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.... And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.... Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly the notion of putting music video on phones will increase over time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly the notion of putting music video on phones will increase over time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Lafayette Parish wants to attract new businesses and have jobs, it needs to address the facility needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39524]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Lafayette Parish wants to attract new businesses and have jobs, it needs to address the facility needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality is that most of us sit at home and read about the Super Bowl and the $1,000 parties, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31433]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality is that most of us sit at home and read about the Super Bowl and the $1,000 parties, and we won't have an opportunity to participate. When I look at a $400 ticket, I blanch. This allows everyday people to get involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism is the first rough draft of history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism is the first rough draft of history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14904]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3502]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of our ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of our ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34305]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive portrayal of his career over a period of many months and several countries on the definitive film version of Patton's WWII career.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5597]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michelle is, without a doubt, one of the best all-around basketball players in the state right now. She is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michelle is, without a doubt, one of the best all-around basketball players in the state right now. She is the complete package. Any coach would kill to have her on the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals have no malice, hence also no laughter. They never savor the sudden glory of Schadenfreude. It was its infectious quality that made of laughter a medium of mutuality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I expected today's stage to be drier than yesterday, because of the slightly higher altitude. The important thing was to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41109]]></link><description><![CDATA[I expected today's stage to be drier than yesterday, because of the slightly higher altitude. The important thing was to stay in touch with the leaders without taking any risks and dropping too much time. It was a good day for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagusWith tigery stripes, and a face on itRound as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagusWith tigery stripes, and a face on itRound as the moon, to stare up.I want to be looking at them when they comePicking among the dumb minerals, the roots.I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.They will wonder if I was important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain is weakness leaving the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain is weakness leaving the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is no substitute for justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is no substitute for justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't enjoy it when he gets you out and makes you look a monkey. But if you get runs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42547]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't enjoy it when he gets you out and makes you look a monkey. But if you get runs against him, you enjoy that because you know you've certainly earned them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an opportunity to answer any additional questions that are out there. It's also an opportunity for the three-school option ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36743]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an opportunity to answer any additional questions that are out there. It's also an opportunity for the three-school option to be discussed on its own, rather than in comparison to the consolidated option, as it had been in the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the smooth road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1302]]></link><description><![CDATA[To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect The very lifeblood of our enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect The very lifeblood of our enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58135]]></link><description><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By introducing noise, they hope the adjustment will be smoother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31064]]></link><description><![CDATA[By introducing noise, they hope the adjustment will be smoother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am declaring a state of emergency because of the clear threat to the nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35872]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am declaring a state of emergency because of the clear threat to the nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officially, we say we were rained out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officially, we say we were rained out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When this project moves forward to a real hearing, there's going to be a significant outcry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31147]]></link><description><![CDATA[When this project moves forward to a real hearing, there's going to be a significant outcry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3470]]></link><description><![CDATA[In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3448]]></link><description><![CDATA[I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/78]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/78</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53679]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23788]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56147</guid></item></channel></rss>