<?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's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45768]]></link><description><![CDATA["My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45412]]></link><description><![CDATA[As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steadypurpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steadypurpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28497]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to talk to people and hear their concerns, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41616]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to talk to people and hear their concerns,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that pitties another, remembers himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49385]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the shadow than in the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56895]]></link><description><![CDATA[...far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56895</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[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2191]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're thrilled with the turnout. It's good to see the community rally around this festival. We planted the seeds several ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35124]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're thrilled with the turnout. It's good to see the community rally around this festival. We planted the seeds several years ago and have watched it grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to those who look back on what has passed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51639]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to those who look back on what has passed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39598]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was invented two thousand years ago was the spirit of Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6161]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was invented two thousand years ago was the spirit of Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother worked hard for a long time and now I work hard to make sure that she doesn't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38884]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother worked hard for a long time and now I work hard to make sure that she doesn't have to work, ... It gives me something to push for and it keeps me humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28039]]></link><description><![CDATA[And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart. -Aristotle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The water owns a power Divine, And conscious blushes into wine;  Its very nature changed displays   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27559]]></link><description><![CDATA[The water owns a power Divine, And conscious blushes into wine;  Its very nature changed displays   The power Divine that it obeys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it -- can't help trying to interest her nearest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it -- can't help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, the[former] governor of Massachusetts has a lot of homework to do on the problems facing our state. When he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly, the[former] governor of Massachusetts has a lot of homework to do on the problems facing our state. When he finally gets around to it, he'll see that the problems we face require real solutions rather than stale political rhetoric.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14491]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have six seniors that just play off each other as one. We don't have one key guy. We're going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35024]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have six seniors that just play off each other as one. We don't have one key guy. We're going to have to play some defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he stickshis neck out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he stickshis neck out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're happy to take monies to build this library in whatever form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35647]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're happy to take monies to build this library in whatever form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AWB was prepared to deceive the UN as to the true nature of its contractual relationship with the Iraqi Grain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38433]]></link><description><![CDATA[AWB was prepared to deceive the UN as to the true nature of its contractual relationship with the Iraqi Grain Board.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there is much to suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That combination was something we wanted to hit last week (against West Craven). We tried two or three times but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40588]]></link><description><![CDATA[That combination was something we wanted to hit last week (against West Craven). We tried two or three times but could never make it work. But (North Lenoir) stayed in Cover 2 and just gave it to us. We decided before the game we were going to try it against them; we did it three times and hit it twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must say, I never expected to see the day where I would be talking about anything other than reducing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11475]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must say, I never expected to see the day where I would be talking about anything other than reducing the debt, I'm running into the tyranny of zero, which is where you can't reduce (the debt) any more]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11475</guid></item><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[We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47433]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11689]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was time I got real aggressive inside. The coaches have been telling me when I get the ball inside, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40556]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was time I got real aggressive inside. The coaches have been telling me when I get the ball inside, to score it instead of passing it back outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4294]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44987]]></link><description><![CDATA[A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 Incarnate Word! Thou Word of God alone!   To live of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 Incarnate Word! Thou Word of God alone!   To live of love, 'tis to abide with Thee. Thou knowest I love Thee, Jesus Christ, my Own!   Thy Spirit's fire of love enkindleth me. By loving Thee, I draw the Father here   Down to my heart, to stay with me always. Blest Trinity! Thou art my prisoner dear,   Of love, to-day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7023</guid></item></channel></rss>