<?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[The pleasing punishment that women bear. -The Comedy of Errors. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasing punishment that women bear. -The Comedy of Errors. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40471]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64500]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads. [Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des chansons.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16613]]></link><description><![CDATA[France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads. [Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des chansons.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Beginning a series on the church:  The laity... living in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Beginning a series on the church:  The laity... living in the world as an integral part of it, is the primary body through which the reality of the phrase "the Church is service" has to be manifested in all spheres of secular life: the Church has to show in her own life and attitude towards others the evidences of the redemptive order which is in Christ an operative fact: Christ the Lord is also Christ the servant: the Church which is the lord of all life is also the servant of all life, and the lordship is shown only through the service. The world wants to see redemption: it is not interested in being talked to about it. A church which is not outward looking... has ceased to be a church as the Body of Christ and has instead become a club for the benefit of its members.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not raining to me, It's raining daffodils;  In every dimpled drop I see   Wild flowers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52938]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not raining to me, It's raining daffodils;  In every dimpled drop I see   Wild flowers on distant hills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, "Joy is not in things, it is in us.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With thumb turned. [Lat., Verso pollice.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23536]]></link><description><![CDATA[With thumb turned. [Lat., Verso pollice.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41536]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs doing I do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The body is the shell of the soul, and dress the husk of that shell; but the husk often tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body is the shell of the soul, and dress the husk of that shell; but the husk often tells what the kernel is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But throw in a very visible company lowering its guidance going forward and the focus shifts back to the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37133]]></link><description><![CDATA[But throw in a very visible company lowering its guidance going forward and the focus shifts back to the same problems of an uncertain economy, uncertain earnings and the Middle East problem, which has not changed,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37133</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[What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29900]]></link><description><![CDATA[What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Reverend are ever before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Reverend are ever before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it count because you can never bring back the hands of time.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make it count because you can never bring back the hands of time..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's disc.Wear it, sweet friend. Inscribe no date nor deed.But may thy heart-beat kiss it, night and day,Until the name grow blurred and fade away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to perseverance lies by doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12784]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to perseverance lies by doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36774]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd. Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd. Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time. (after the team's co-captain, offensive guard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57533]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time. (after the team's co-captain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin toss against St. Louis)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46789]]></link><description><![CDATA[When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34273]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23009]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is a man's invention and his hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've heard old cunning stagers Say, fools for arguments use wagers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3041]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've heard old cunning stagers Say, fools for arguments use wagers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46665]]></link><description><![CDATA[In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shirley and Joan have done kids' shows for about 40 years now, and I think they've got it down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shirley and Joan have done kids' shows for about 40 years now, and I think they've got it down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56819]]></link><description><![CDATA[While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact that many people have nothing useful to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20292]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've spent most of my life golfing - the rest I've just wasted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17806]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've spent most of my life golfing - the rest I've just wasted]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let but the commons hear this testament, Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,  And they would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let but the commons hear this testament, Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,  And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds   And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;    Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,     And dying, mention it within their wills,      Bequeathing it as a rich legacy       Upon their issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. By God, Harry was in the line ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. By God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33621]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, because everyone in our league is a challenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, O miser? [Lat., Abiturus illuc priores abierunt,  Quid mente caeca torques spiritum?   Tibi dico, avare.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing that crossed my mind was he had a heart problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39562]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing that crossed my mind was he had a heart problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Bomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time Bomb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26135]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47423]]></link><description><![CDATA[People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have that plastic stuff that will break a week after you buy it. Everything here is good quality-wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36535]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have that plastic stuff that will break a week after you buy it. Everything here is good quality-wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody ever died of laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody ever died of laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12028</guid></item></channel></rss>