<?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[Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year we are expecting 2,000 walkers due to the circumstances Hurricane Katrina has left us with. We want people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39617]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year we are expecting 2,000 walkers due to the circumstances Hurricane Katrina has left us with. We want people to come out and participate as a way to help reduce the stress everyone has been feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55578]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, Hugg'd and embraced by the strumpet wind! How like the prodigal doth she return, With over-weather'd ribs and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet wind! -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66304]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas does not need Big Brother watching over us; this is America, not Soviet Russia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Texas does not need Big Brother watching over us; this is America, not Soviet Russia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14966]]></link><description><![CDATA[His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi,  Injuriae qui addideris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22844]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi,  Injuriae qui addideris contumeliam?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet be sad, good brothers, For, by my faith, it very well becomes you.  Sorrow so royally in you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet be sad, good brothers, For, by my faith, it very well becomes you.  Sorrow so royally in you appears   That I will deeply put the fashion on    And wear it in my heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Length the Fox turnes Monk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49143]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Length the Fox turnes Monk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19926]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, the best of circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, the best of circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58196]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45419]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human face divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human face divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51666]]></link><description><![CDATA[None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15259]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were gonna make him co-captain and what not and now we are walking in memory and honor of him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37776]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were gonna make him co-captain and what not and now we are walking in memory and honor of him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet,  . . . .   Leave the chaff, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet,  . . . .   Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52726]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fisherman and His NetsA fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fisherman and His NetsA fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul of fish. He managed by a skillful handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3243]]></link><description><![CDATA[For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is credit due? to the designer of the camera? To the finger on the button? tso the law of averages?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. -Adam Michnik.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64819]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher, 397   To the good man to die is gain. The foolish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher, 397   To the good man to die is gain. The foolish fear death as the greatest of evils, the wise desire it as a rest after labors and the end of ills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This program is meant to keep the joints moving and gain some mobility that is lost through arthritis, ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28986]]></link><description><![CDATA[This program is meant to keep the joints moving and gain some mobility that is lost through arthritis, ... We work from head to toe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me also remind you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14784]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me also remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I\'m not hungry enough to eat six. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66856]]></link><description><![CDATA[You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I\'m not hungry enough to eat six.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11569]]></link><description><![CDATA[In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28390]]></link><description><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future influences the present just as much as the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future influences the present just as much as the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich Physician, honor'd Lawyers ride, Whilst the poor Scholar foots it by their side.  [Lat., Dat Galenus opes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich Physician, honor'd Lawyers ride, Whilst the poor Scholar foots it by their side.  [Lat., Dat Galenus opes, dat Justinianus honores,   Sed genus species cogitur ire pedes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cricket is basically baseball on valium. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cricket is basically baseball on valium.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to a friend's house is never long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to a friend's house is never long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16781</guid></item></channel></rss>