<?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[Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44205</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[The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60662]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/954]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The symbol of the New Testament and the Christian Church is a cross, which stands for a love faithful despite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The symbol of the New Testament and the Christian Church is a cross, which stands for a love faithful despite physical agony and rejection by the world. No amount of air-conditioning and pew-cusioning in the suburban church can cover over the hard truth that the Christian life... is a narrow way of suffering; that discipleship is costly: that, for the faithful, there is always a cross to be carried. No one can understand Christianity to its depths who comes to it to enjoy it as a pleasant weekend diversion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this tournament represents is a mid-season gut-check. There are 16 good teams in this tournament, any one of which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39474]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this tournament represents is a mid-season gut-check. There are 16 good teams in this tournament, any one of which can win at any time. This tournament really lets you see what you need to work on and what you're doing well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become  Old in their youth, and die ere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48767]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become  Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to thank those fans who have pledged their support to myself personally and to the club in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42710]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to thank those fans who have pledged their support to myself personally and to the club in general,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22857]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No command of art, No toil, can help you hear;  Earth's minstrelsy falls clear   But on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19043]]></link><description><![CDATA[No command of art, No toil, can help you hear;  Earth's minstrelsy falls clear   But on the listening heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's completely irrelevant whether something is good or bad or valuable or worthless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41394]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's completely irrelevant whether something is good or bad or valuable or worthless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cruelest lies are often told in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cruelest lies are often told in silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion always has a soothing effect and makes people accept fate. We have to teach them that it was Allah's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion always has a soothing effect and makes people accept fate. We have to teach them that it was Allah's wish and no one could do anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Corpse or a Ghost-- . . . I'd sooner be one or t'other, square and fair, than a Ghost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57395]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Corpse or a Ghost-- . . . I'd sooner be one or t'other, square and fair, than a Ghost in a Corpse, which is my feelins at present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were the wags    Who tipped these funny tags     And these toes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses in the town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People weren't notified soon enough then they were given the impression it affected them when it didn'tÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â± it was sheer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38774]]></link><description><![CDATA[People weren't notified soon enough then they were given the impression it affected them when it didn'tÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â± it was sheer carelessness and incompetence on the part of the city. Unfortunately, these things are becoming more common since amalgamation. The problem is it's all controlled from a central location and they (city staff) don't the areas,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hebe's here, May is here! The air is fresh and sunny;  And the miser-bees are busy   Hoarding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hebe's here, May is here! The air is fresh and sunny;  And the miser-bees are busy   Hoarding golden honey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is,"on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53051]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is,"on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we just royally confused some winter campers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we just royally confused some winter campers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By-and-by has no end. [Lat., Modo, et modo, non habebent modum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59297]]></link><description><![CDATA[By-and-by has no end. [Lat., Modo, et modo, non habebent modum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47090]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the last 14 months we have been pumping gas to the national grid but the government is not paying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30570]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the last 14 months we have been pumping gas to the national grid but the government is not paying our dues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why have we given George W. Bush such an easy ride when-until now, that is-when actually his qualifications are questionable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why have we given George W. Bush such an easy ride when-until now, that is-when actually his qualifications are questionable?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all make mistakes but one has to move on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37717]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all make mistakes but one has to move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamonds are forever. E-mail comes close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diamonds are forever. E-mail comes close.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass Carrying the Image AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous woodenImage, to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1502]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass Carrying the Image AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous woodenImage, to be placed in one of its Temples. As he passed along,the crowd made lowly prostration before the Image. The Ass,thinking that they bowed their heads in token of respect forhimself, bristled up with pride, gave himself airs, and refusedto move another step. The driver, seeing him thus stop, laid hiswhip lustily about his shoulders and said, O you perversedull-head! it is not yet come to this, that men pay worship to anAss. They are not wise who give to themselves the credit due to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauty of success lies not solely in your happiness. But also in ensuring that you stop to help those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62913]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauty of success lies not solely in your happiness. But also in ensuring that you stop to help those along your life's path become champions in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much gravity argues a shallow mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4719]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievement results from work realizing ambition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achievement results from work realizing ambition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14179]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The water is the same on both sides of the boat ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The water is the same on both sides of the boat]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35052]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like to be second behind New York. Frankly, we lost a lot of our place in the theater scene, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30178]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like to be second behind New York. Frankly, we lost a lot of our place in the theater scene, and we see 'Lord of the Rings' as a way to bring that back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46478]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46478</guid></item></channel></rss>