<?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[We're trying to prioritize the community's well-being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34725]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to prioritize the community's well-being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's housing markets remained robust in early 2006, despite slightly higher mortgage rates. However, the dominant theme lurking beneath the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canada's housing markets remained robust in early 2006, despite slightly higher mortgage rates. However, the dominant theme lurking beneath the national average results is clear signs that speculation has picked up in Western Canada, while housing markets in Central Canada appear to be coming in for a soft-landing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14153]]></link><description><![CDATA[By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men. [Lat., Errare mehercule malo cum Platone, quem tu quanti facias, scio quam cum istis vera sentire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Friday   Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good Friday   Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition of the cross as the substitute for all the want on our part. The whole work is His, not ours, from first to last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction. -E. F. Schumacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew the ball was going in. No question about it. You have to put the ball in the basket ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew the ball was going in. No question about it. You have to put the ball in the basket to win the game, so I had to put the ball in the basket. And backboard? No! I was trying to find the quickest way to put the ball in the basket, period.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was just nice to get out and play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30839]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was just nice to get out and play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been pretty consistent. He's pitched good every game. That's one thing we've been trying to find consistency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32721]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been pretty consistent. He's pitched good every game. That's one thing we've been trying to find consistency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, simpleton, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you to do, foolish man, with writings that convict ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, simpleton, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you to do, foolish man, with writings that convict you of theft? Why do you attempt to associate foxes with lions, and make owls pass for eagles? Though you had one of Ladas's legs, you would not be able, blockhead, to run with the other leg of wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19963]]></link><description><![CDATA[But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because the governor hasn't seen a funding ordinance, there's no way for her to weigh in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because the governor hasn't seen a funding ordinance, there's no way for her to weigh in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42244]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48090]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself . . . that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61976]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself . . . that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They think they're being generous, but the burden is on the author and publisher. If it was fair use, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28962]]></link><description><![CDATA[They think they're being generous, but the burden is on the author and publisher. If it was fair use, you wouldn't be offering the opt-out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30141]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52744]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean--roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;  Man marks the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean--roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;  Man marks the earth with ruin--his control   Stops with the shore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a shrew.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50269]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a shrew.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The neer to the church, the further from God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The neer to the church, the further from God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25733]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All fled--all done, so lift me on the pyre; The feast is over, and the lamps expire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15216]]></link><description><![CDATA[All fled--all done, so lift me on the pyre; The feast is over, and the lamps expire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is itself a thing of God; He made his prophets poets;and the more  We feel of poesie do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is itself a thing of God; He made his prophets poets;and the more  We feel of poesie do we become   Like God in love and power,--under-makers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, 1897   People talk about special providences. I believe in the providences, but not in the speciality. I do not believe that God lets the thread of my affairs go for six days, and on the seventh evening takes it up for a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This isn't about winning 55 or 60 games. It's about winning a title. That's what we were built for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32701]]></link><description><![CDATA[This isn't about winning 55 or 60 games. It's about winning a title. That's what we were built for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When admirals extoll'd for standing still, Of doing nothing with a deal of skill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23930]]></link><description><![CDATA[When admirals extoll'd for standing still, Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16532]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2476]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47524]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21960]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59731]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59731</guid></item></channel></rss>