<?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[There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath,  For a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56274]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath,  For a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whales, you see, eat up the little fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whales, you see, eat up the little fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56992]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid question will always receive a confident answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9668]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid question will always receive a confident answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21912]]></link><description><![CDATA[One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today: how can peoples of different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today: how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and dissimilar ways of life get along peaceably together?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fox changes his skin but not his habits. [Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fox changes his skin but not his habits. [Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is the child of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is the child of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there  Asleep, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there  Asleep, and waiting for the opening day,   When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a head that is for rent unfurnished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24401]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good intentions are not good enough.......... ultimately we are measured by our actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good intentions are not good enough.......... ultimately we are measured by our actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we put all this on the menu, it would look like all the other places where you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33302]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we put all this on the menu, it would look like all the other places where you have to squint to read it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow For other's good, and melt at other's woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow For other's good, and melt at other's woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  The scandal of the Bible does not lie so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  The scandal of the Bible does not lie so much in its claim to record the Word of God, as in its insistence that the Word of God is to be heard in a particular historical happening, in a particular locality -- and only there. To put it in a provocative manner: the Bible is theology. It is historical theology. It can reveal its meaning only to those who regard it as the Word of God, and are able to preserve a strict confidence in the universal significance of particular historical occasions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43364]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their workaday lives but to gain an education, to see the world, to learn table manners and interior decoration, how to dress, kiss, to laugh and cry, how to react to tragedy and happiness, how to be brave, evil and good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1200]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It feels really nice to be honored. But it's not really for me. It's more of an honor for our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29614]]></link><description><![CDATA[It feels really nice to be honored. But it's not really for me. It's more of an honor for our entire coaching staff ---- and it shows who we are as a program.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42746]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still take them, and each and every MSHA citation, seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38694]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still take them, and each and every MSHA citation, seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64683]]></link><description><![CDATA[I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61738]]></link><description><![CDATA[By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44494]]></link><description><![CDATA[People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think yesterday was the biggest part of it. But if you find out there are going to be some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42203]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think yesterday was the biggest part of it. But if you find out there are going to be some proceedings, some impeachment proceedings, that could have a major effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are observing the increase of our cropland and may become important suppliers, as Brazil imports over 50% of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28247]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are observing the increase of our cropland and may become important suppliers, as Brazil imports over 50% of its needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentimentality--that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to control the uncontrollable and don't freak when life happens, just pick everything up and keep on going! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to control the uncontrollable and don't freak when life happens, just pick everything up and keep on going!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433   One can say: "I will, but my body does not obey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433   One can say: "I will, but my body does not obey me"; but not: "My will does not obey me".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a year,  A handsome house to lodge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61791]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a year,  A handsome house to lodge a friend,   A river at my garden's end,    A terrace walk, and half a rood     Of land, set out to plant a wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must come home with me and be my guest; You will give joy to me, and I will do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18436]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must come home with me and be my guest; You will give joy to me, and I will do  All that is in my power to honour you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19272]]></link><description><![CDATA[No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to be more aggressive on the boards and deny their penetration. We also have to shoot better than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42652]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to be more aggressive on the boards and deny their penetration. We also have to shoot better than we have all season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42652</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[Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate is such a luxurious emotion, it can only be spent on one we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate is such a luxurious emotion, it can only be spent on one we love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60040]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change or die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change or die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude. - Essays and Soliloquies, 1924.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25489</guid></item></channel></rss>