<?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[Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17032]]></link><description><![CDATA[You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most teachers - most people - feel their elected officials take care of that. That's their business, right? Most teachers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most teachers - most people - feel their elected officials take care of that. That's their business, right? Most teachers are busy teaching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as the facts are shown to be opposed to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When health, affrighted, spreads her rosy wing, And flies with every changing gale of spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18915]]></link><description><![CDATA[When health, affrighted, spreads her rosy wing, And flies with every changing gale of spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11190]]></link><description><![CDATA[We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is definitely more rotation in my pants now that I'm famous. The minute they look slightly used, I bin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29963]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is definitely more rotation in my pants now that I'm famous. The minute they look slightly used, I bin them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it can to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8901]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it can to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art thou a friend to Roderick? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art thou a friend to Roderick?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It always seems impossible until it's done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65816]]></link><description><![CDATA[It always seems impossible until it's done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was King Bradmond's palace, Was never none richer, the story says:  For all the windows and the walls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was King Bradmond's palace, Was never none richer, the story says:  For all the windows and the walls   Were painted with gold, both towers and halls;    Pillars and doors all were of brass;     Windows of latten were set with glass;      It was so rich in many wise,       That it was like a paradise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. -Twelfth Night. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. -Twelfth Night. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not to hear a damned word he says.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had higher expectations and the kids had higher expectations, but realistically we had a lot of kids that were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39950]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had higher expectations and the kids had higher expectations, but realistically we had a lot of kids that were just playing their second year of varsity basketball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60414]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy of being followed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy of being followed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world has been made by fools that men should live in it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26242]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world has been made by fools that men should live in it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ne'er shall look upon his like again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51247]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ne'er shall look upon his like again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics makes estranged bedfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics makes estranged bedfellows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which two will, takes effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49789]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which two will, takes effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2311]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58396]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30733]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything in to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52326]]></link><description><![CDATA[An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything in to an empty head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear  That which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62362]]></link><description><![CDATA[What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear  That which disfigures it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7499]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, for faith is born of the sense of need. But when we compare ourselves with Jesus Christ, and through Him, with God, we are humbled to the dust, and then faith is born, for there is nothing left to do but to trust to the mercy of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are innocent people ... Those criminals and terrorists came and did this to us, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are innocent people ... Those criminals and terrorists came and did this to us,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16172]]></link><description><![CDATA[What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39080]]></link><description><![CDATA[We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making capitalism out of socialism is like making eggs out of an omelet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making capitalism out of socialism is like making eggs out of an omelet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should have cut back and gotten into the end zone. I thought I could make it. I should have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should have cut back and gotten into the end zone. I thought I could make it. I should have lifted my knees up a little higher. Maybe I could have gotten in there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41182]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then happy those, beloved of heaven, To whom the mingled cup is given;  Whose lenient sorrow find relief,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then happy those, beloved of heaven, To whom the mingled cup is given;  Whose lenient sorrow find relief,   Whose joys are chastened by their grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet April showers Do bring May flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet April showers Do bring May flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect is already in the cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13603]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect is already in the cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44454]]></link><description><![CDATA[As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a strategic opportunity that was too good to miss. Cisco was very natural fit for us. I don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40012]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a strategic opportunity that was too good to miss. Cisco was very natural fit for us. I don't think there's an RFID company in the world that would have passed on this opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43783]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do all things if he but wills them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40633]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do all things if he but wills them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,  Making it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,  Making it momentany as a sound,   Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,    Brief as the lightning in the collied night,     That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,      And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'       The jaws of darkness do devour it up:        So quick bright things come to confusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11088</guid></item></channel></rss>