<?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[Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want people to know that this happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want people to know that this happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25391]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish he'd stay away. - The Psychoed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23674]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is the memory of the heart. [Fr., La reconnaissance est la memoire du coeur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is the memory of the heart. [Fr., La reconnaissance est la memoire du coeur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12371]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why would you pay more for a big name? It comes out of your hide each and every year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why would you pay more for a big name? It comes out of your hide each and every year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27069]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his funny bone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said to the sky-poised Lark: "Hark--hark!  Thy note is more loud and free   Because there lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24099]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said to the sky-poised Lark: "Hark--hark!  Thy note is more loud and free   Because there lies safe for thee    A little nest on the ground."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,  The bird of dawning singeth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,  The bird of dawning singeth all night long,   And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,    The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,     No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm.      So hallowed and so gracious is that time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is thehighest flight of human wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is thehighest flight of human wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of mental health has to do with environment. They're crying because they have no other way to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28853]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of mental health has to do with environment. They're crying because they have no other way to get their energy out. They're not going to crawl if they're always in these swings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See in the meantime that your faith bringeth forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7150]]></link><description><![CDATA[See in the meantime that your faith bringeth forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where liberty dwells, there is my country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where liberty dwells, there is my country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60403]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5681]]></link><description><![CDATA[True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At school I was pretty sociable, but I did like to come home and be on my own and make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33684]]></link><description><![CDATA[At school I was pretty sociable, but I did like to come home and be on my own and make music and write my dreams down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way out is the way through ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way out is the way through]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue:  So court a mistress, she denies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue:  So court a mistress, she denies you;   Let her alone, she will court you.    Say are not women truly, then,     Styled but the shadows of us men?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have heard from many PUD customers that they prefer smaller, more frequent rate increases versus larger, occasional rate increases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32822]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have heard from many PUD customers that they prefer smaller, more frequent rate increases versus larger, occasional rate increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like playing on the road when everyone is against you. It makes you feel good, when you win, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29186]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like playing on the road when everyone is against you. It makes you feel good, when you win, to see all those hurt faces in the crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude is monstrous ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude is monstrous]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to build a philosophy--it doesn't have to run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46505]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to build a philosophy--it doesn't have to run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[women should be treated just like men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38232]]></link><description><![CDATA[women should be treated just like men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38462]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces doesn't want to be in a position where anyone might say she has divided loyalties. I don't believe for a second she would have had them, but symbols are important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly adopted the broad moratorium through an agency-wide rule,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65786]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/449]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47545]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks but seldom changes the way the world works. Lasting historical change comes not through tidal waves but through the irresistible creeping tide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30917]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let music sound while he doth make his choice; Then if he lose he makes a swanlike end,  Fading ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let music sound while he doth make his choice; Then if he lose he makes a swanlike end,  Fading in music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls betweenourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22090]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls betweenourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctionsbetween flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time andmatter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so longforgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul isnothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life ofevery woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2687]]></link><description><![CDATA[So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9163</guid></item></channel></rss>