<?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 was not the vice president's fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39560]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was not the vice president's fault.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him. - Waiting for God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making copies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making copies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525  God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525  God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight through hardship. But He leads! And amidst the hardship, He is nearer to them than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23447]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, come down. That stars that in September/Looked through the mournful rain/Now set their sight again/Upon a world half night, half light Men of distant years have said/That much depends on change of seasons/On solstices and equinox/And they have given reasons. I disagree./Too much turns on inadvertence/On what seems to be/An accident of hand and knee/A chance sunrise/A glance of eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would seem to favor the community colleges, to the detriment of students who would prefer to attend a university. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42513]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would seem to favor the community colleges, to the detriment of students who would prefer to attend a university. Some kids are better served at community colleges, and some kids are better served at universities. That decision should be based on academic reasons, not economic reasons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray,  And, darkly circled, gave at noon  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray,  And, darkly circled, gave at noon   A sadder light than waning moon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel found no further justification to keep me in jail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel found no further justification to keep me in jail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One draught above heat makes him a fool; the second mads him; and a third drowns him. -Twelfth Night. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55738]]></link><description><![CDATA[One draught above heat makes him a fool; the second mads him; and a third drowns him. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. [Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can see the argument around the potential revenue from international editions not being sufficient, when compared to just putting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33984]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can see the argument around the potential revenue from international editions not being sufficient, when compared to just putting the magazine up on the Internet. It is easy to cut back when the print editions don't give the biggest bang for the buck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many times have you heard this statement, I haven't time. How many times have we made it ourselves? oh, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14549]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many times have you heard this statement, I haven't time. How many times have we made it ourselves? oh, I wish I had time. Time for what? Time to work in the Church, to serve in our communities and time to improve our minds. Think again of these twenty-four hours that are given to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42067]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The danger inherent in reform is that the cure may be worse than the disease. Reform is an operation on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The danger inherent in reform is that the cure may be worse than the disease. Reform is an operation on the social body; but unlike medical surgeons, reformers are not on guard against unpredictable side effects which may divert the course of reform toward unwanted results. Moreover, quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abu Bakr has been advocating intolerance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abu Bakr has been advocating intolerance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12260]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know or listen to those who know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know or listen to those who know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Doctor's brow should smile, Crown'd with wreaths of camomile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26702]]></link><description><![CDATA[How the Doctor's brow should smile, Crown'd with wreaths of camomile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47406]]></link><description><![CDATA[...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We told him he could play and we would watch. That was the first time he broke down and said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41214]]></link><description><![CDATA[We told him he could play and we would watch. That was the first time he broke down and said he couldn't and couldn't and couldn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. [Lat., Strangulat inclusus dolor, atque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. [Lat., Strangulat inclusus dolor, atque exaestuat intus,  Cogitur et vires multiplicare suas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True holiness consists in doing God's will with a smile ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59788]]></link><description><![CDATA[True holiness consists in doing God's will with a smile]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text;  And embryo good, to reach full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48370]]></link><description><![CDATA[From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text;  And embryo good, to reach full stature,   Absorbs the evil in its nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62744]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're happy to support organizations like the YMCA that support great programs in the communities that we serve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're happy to support organizations like the YMCA that support great programs in the communities that we serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16549]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the outcome of a balance between the air we breath andanaerobes trying to stifle our aerobic dependence. In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the outcome of a balance between the air we breath andanaerobes trying to stifle our aerobic dependence. In death, anaerobestake over and new life begins. Within the context of spiritual,emotional and cultural life this same scientific paradigm applies. So,enjoy the interlude between birth and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adultery usually follows a law of diminishing returns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adultery usually follows a law of diminishing returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gloriously drunk, obey the important call. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gloriously drunk, obey the important call.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am really proud of the kids. We were not hitting the open shots tonight but we kept fighting and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am really proud of the kids. We were not hitting the open shots tonight but we kept fighting and still had a chance. We wanted to win it all and this is a really disappointing way to end the season but it is a great accomplishment to get as far as we did and I am really proud of the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24799]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4270]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bring to my life a certain amount of mess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1052]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19246]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With faces like dead lovers who died true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14870]]></link><description><![CDATA[With faces like dead lovers who died true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13969]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13969</guid></item></channel></rss>