<?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[If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27466]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58785]]></link><description><![CDATA[So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48940]]></link><description><![CDATA[We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or (almost) like a Spider, who, confin'd In her Web's centre, shakt with every winde,  Moves in an instant, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or (almost) like a Spider, who, confin'd In her Web's centre, shakt with every winde,  Moves in an instant, if the buzzing Flie   Stir but a string of her Lawn Canopie.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the nobler growth our realms supply And souls are ripened in our northern sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the nobler growth our realms supply And souls are ripened in our northern sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the timeout we talked about that we had fouls to burn -- 'Be very aggressive on every pass, get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28192]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the timeout we talked about that we had fouls to burn -- 'Be very aggressive on every pass, get after your man,' and that's what happened. We were able to knock the ball loose and go down and score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wings of angels, tears of saintswon't bring you back to me(about her son's suicide)(He will come back to her.. the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wings of angels, tears of saintswon't bring you back to me(about her son's suicide)(He will come back to her.. the soul isdeathless).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale and cider.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we did a decent job defensively, Toronto worried us because of their size. We had to create some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34194]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we did a decent job defensively, Toronto worried us because of their size. We had to create some pressure so they wouldn't have the opportunity to just pound the ball inside on us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54959]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34976]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That continuity from year to year is important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39898]]></link><description><![CDATA[That continuity from year to year is important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better suffer ill, then doe ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better suffer ill, then doe ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53951]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These cards can really help you pay off your mortgage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32295]]></link><description><![CDATA[These cards can really help you pay off your mortgage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46669]]></link><description><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really not an invalid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29930]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really not an invalid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's concerned about taxpayers having to pay for health insurance for big employers, which should be paying for their employees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36574]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's concerned about taxpayers having to pay for health insurance for big employers, which should be paying for their employees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53615]]></link><description><![CDATA[A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men have more consideration for themselves than for others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51733]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never say "Fail" again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never say "Fail" again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like all of us, as you grow old you need more maintenance and more fixing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like all of us, as you grow old you need more maintenance and more fixing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65394]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53069]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53069</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[The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46422]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25014]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -Fr. Alfred D'Souza.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[If] there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8415]]></link><description><![CDATA[[If] there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other, until God shall have revealed the truth to all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53339]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/562]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know you should do, do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40819]]></link><description><![CDATA["I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a life-style I chose for myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She sets an example in practice with her hard work, and just getting herself prepared every time she plays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34439]]></link><description><![CDATA[She sets an example in practice with her hard work, and just getting herself prepared every time she plays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O well for him whose will is strong, He suffers, but he will not suffer long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51708]]></link><description><![CDATA[O well for him whose will is strong, He suffers, but he will not suffer long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29704]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in the country I could not go to college, because I am a black person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45196]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But for my hand, as unattempted yet,   Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.    Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail     And say there is no sin but to be rich;      And being rich, my virtue then shall be       To say there is no vice but beggary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25372</guid></item></channel></rss>