<?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[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Only he who flings himself upward when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but much more is it an opportunity to reach heaven. At the moment of temptation, sin and righteousness are both very near the Christian; but, of the two, the latter is the nearer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14300]]></link><description><![CDATA[States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20107]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12654]]></link><description><![CDATA[His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54258]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and to strengthen the weak by teaching them their rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must find a way, or we will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13636]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must find a way, or we will make one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may delay, but time will not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48299]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may delay, but time will not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65509]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1127]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice. - The Life of Poetry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth,  Between two blades, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth,  Between two blades, which bears the better temper,   Between two horses, which doth bear him best,    Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye,     I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment;      But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,       Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we did miss O'Callaghan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63726]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Suffer all, and conquer all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Suffer all, and conquer all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66049]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the NBA scheduling, a lot of times it puts the onus on teams traveling. You play Utah one night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32633]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the NBA scheduling, a lot of times it puts the onus on teams traveling. You play Utah one night and a team like Phoenix is resting and waiting for you the next night. That's tough. So you run into some circumstances like that more, it seems, on the road than you do at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44424]]></link><description><![CDATA[A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35739]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14172]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,    And, in this upshot, purposes mistook     Fall'n on th' inventors' heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51906]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They seem to be opening a crack for Microsoft on the desktop, a crack that Microsoft could well take advantage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34605]]></link><description><![CDATA[They seem to be opening a crack for Microsoft on the desktop, a crack that Microsoft could well take advantage of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65591]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who "lives well.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17589]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who "lives well.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall for lithography, we still need to shrink for these guys to get two microprocessors on a chip, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall for lithography, we still need to shrink for these guys to get two microprocessors on a chip,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constantly practice the habit of inwardly gazing upon God. You know that something inside your heart sees God. Even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constantly practice the habit of inwardly gazing upon God. You know that something inside your heart sees God. Even when you are compelled to withdraw your conscious attention in order to engage in earthly affairs, there is within you a secret communion always going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, who in less than three decades killed or maimed nearly a hundred million men, women, and children and brought untold suffering to a large portion of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing that I think we've done this season is to show navy and gray in a very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing that I think we've done this season is to show navy and gray in a very new way. Most men understand navy and gray as a navy blazer and a gray flannel trouser, but today, we're taking that very traditional color palette and putting it in a more modern shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's between Duquesne and Kansas State, but I know Pitt loves the kid a lot. He'll probably make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29635]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's between Duquesne and Kansas State, but I know Pitt loves the kid a lot. He'll probably make a decision in a week or so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he that once is good, is ever great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18262]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he that once is good, is ever great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11742]]></link><description><![CDATA[If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep unto deep, O Lord,   Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come,  Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep unto deep, O Lord,   Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come,  Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of Calvary,  Smitten for me, Ask what Thou wilt, but give  Love to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7935</guid></item></channel></rss>