<?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[It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51620]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, I say that justice is truth in action ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, I say that justice is truth in action]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight;  Farewell awhile to him and thee,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight;  Farewell awhile to him and thee,   My native land--Good Night!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of few words are the best men. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of few words are the best men. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6082]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43134]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a pragmatic necessity for us to have it, but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, then is when we join the fashionable madmen, and then is when the thin whine of hysteria is heard in the land, and then is when we are in bad trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than we use is more than we want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11978]]></link><description><![CDATA[More than we use is more than we want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the disorderly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50070]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the disorderly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to score field goals when we can score touchdowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32175]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to score field goals when we can score touchdowns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History will be kind to me for I intend to write it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19303]]></link><description><![CDATA[History will be kind to me for I intend to write it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48983]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's on the horizon. We can do the job as long as the funding stays consistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34964]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's on the horizon. We can do the job as long as the funding stays consistent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist He is my Altar, I His holy place; I am His guest, and He my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist He is my Altar, I His holy place; I am His guest, and He my living food; I'm His by penitence, He is mine by grace; I'm His by purchase, He is mine by blood; He's my supporting elm, and I His vine: Thus I my Best-beloved's am; thus He is mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They make a desert and they call it peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51671]]></link><description><![CDATA[They make a desert and they call it peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beatles exist apart from my Self. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Beatles exist apart from my Self. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion and until the end of my life people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be;  Or standing long an oak, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18386]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be;  Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,   To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:    A lily of a day     Is fairer far in May,      Although it falls and die that night--       It was the plant and flower of Light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter;  Oh no! the miserablest day we live   There's many a better thing to do than die!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25703]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hitler invaded in March 1938 and everything after that went downhill. My husband was in the concentration camp and everything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hitler invaded in March 1938 and everything after that went downhill. My husband was in the concentration camp and everything was taken - but material values at the time didn't matter one bit. It was only after that it did matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will follow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9209]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will follow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26474]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize,  Not all that glisters gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize,  Not all that glisters gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep unto deep, O Lord,   Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come,  Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep unto deep, O Lord,   Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come,  Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of Calvary,  Smitten for me, Ask what Thou wilt, but give  Love to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48563]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A disagreement involving students from our College at Florham and Metropolitan Campus and guests attending an Association of Black Collegians ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42404]]></link><description><![CDATA[A disagreement involving students from our College at Florham and Metropolitan Campus and guests attending an Association of Black Collegians dance at Florham on Saturday evening resulted in an escalating confrontation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had not planned on having any vote, other than just to study (the contract), ... It's not a public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30875]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had not planned on having any vote, other than just to study (the contract), ... It's not a public hearing, but it is a study session. We will take comments. And then if it seems suitable to the property owners involved -- who we're most concerned about -- we will have a vote on Sept. 26 (the next council meeting) on this issue to start the ball rolling for a new bridge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22496]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality provokes originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality provokes originality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coincidence is logical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coincidence is logical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold, there is forty ducats. Let me have A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear  As will disperse itself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold, there is forty ducats. Let me have A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear  As will disperse itself through all the veins   That the life-weary taker may fall dead,    And that the trunk may be discharged of breath     As violently as hasty powder fired      Doth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless ourwalking is our preaching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21130]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless ourwalking is our preaching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258  Unless we look upon ourselves as called to unity, we shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258  Unless we look upon ourselves as called to unity, we shall never be united. If God does not will that we should be united, what can our devices for producing it avail? Whereas, if we believe that it is His will, and that we are fighting against His will by our divisions, we have a right confidently to hope that He will at last bring us to repentance, or, if we do not repent, will accomplish His purposes in spite of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really hard to find corners with that physical nature to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34088]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really hard to find corners with that physical nature to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.  Only the blessed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45460]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.  Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises,   But blessedness dwells in the human breast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the educated are free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the educated are free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61657]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46878]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's overtime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46878</guid></item></channel></rss>