<?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[Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought Old Mill outplayed us in all faucets of the game. Quite frankly, they were the better team at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought Old Mill outplayed us in all faucets of the game. Quite frankly, they were the better team at the end of the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God himself has no right to be a tyrant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47405]]></link><description><![CDATA[God himself has no right to be a tyrant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got his very own jacuzzi. He can go sit in the sun, or have a dip in the water, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39317]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got his very own jacuzzi. He can go sit in the sun, or have a dip in the water, the same ritual as in the wild.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least when you are dead you will know what silence truly sounds like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11420]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least when you are dead you will know what silence truly sounds like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks,automatically enroll in the University of Adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks,automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading furnishes the mind only with materials ofknowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading furnishes the mind only with materials ofknowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on sin:  Sin is nothing else than that the creature willeth otherwise than God willeth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on sin:  Sin is nothing else than that the creature willeth otherwise than God willeth, and contrary to Him.  ... Theologia Germanica  March 10, 1998  Continuing a short series on sin:  I inquired what iniquity was, and found it to be no substance, but the perversion of the will, turned aside from Thee, O God, the Supreme, towards these lower things.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine  March 11, 1998  Continuing a short series on sin:  In case our sins have been public and scandalous, both reason and the practice of the Christian Church do require that when men have publicly offended they should give public satisfaction and open testimony of their repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10899]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I'm not a crook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I'm not a crook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54057]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253  The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. As along as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal, how can you hope to find inward peace?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell Draw we here a parallel!  She, like thee, was forced to bear  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell Draw we here a parallel!  She, like thee, was forced to bear   All reflections, foul or fair.    Thou art deep and bright within,     Depths as bright belong'd to Gwynne;      Thou art very frail as well,       Frail as flesh is,--so was Nell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To do a perfectly unselfish act for selfish motives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17155]]></link><description><![CDATA[To do a perfectly unselfish act for selfish motives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He acknowledges that he does have an alcohol problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30020]]></link><description><![CDATA[He acknowledges that he does have an alcohol problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find the exact answer, one must first ask the exact question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52785]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find the exact answer, one must first ask the exact question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is well ended, if the suit be won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51217]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is well ended, if the suit be won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowersyou. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowersyou.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel confident that the Tampa Bay area and our community can produce a successful Republican convention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28630]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel confident that the Tampa Bay area and our community can produce a successful Republican convention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64240]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3279]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise none too much, for all are fickle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise none too much, for all are fickle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,  To closer shades the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58269]]></link><description><![CDATA[But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,  To closer shades the panting flocks remove;   Ye gods! and is there no relief for love?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why then we should drop into poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why then we should drop into poetry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been no more than a medium, as it were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3325]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been no more than a medium, as it were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forbeare not sowing because of birds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forbeare not sowing because of birds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not turning our backs on them. We've done a very good job helping them find work. We can't guarantee ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not turning our backs on them. We've done a very good job helping them find work. We can't guarantee 100 percent employment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's bread, and how sad a path it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's stairs. [It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale  Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle   Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What did he do wrong? . . . Did you break some law, or did you rub some people the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36312]]></link><description><![CDATA[What did he do wrong? . . . Did you break some law, or did you rub some people the wrong way?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting the wing back going may be key. We've been rotating some guys there and will continue to do so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting the wing back going may be key. We've been rotating some guys there and will continue to do so until someone shows it's his spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He describes himself as a mild depressive, and he goes through just terrible suffering, much of it self-generated. And yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37099]]></link><description><![CDATA[He describes himself as a mild depressive, and he goes through just terrible suffering, much of it self-generated. And yet he's also an extremely buoyant person who finds a great deal in life to entertain and instruct and amuse him. He has a kind of vivacity about him. He's very funny, and he's very obsessed with certain themes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60667]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46436]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is forever making the head its fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19018]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is forever making the head its fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They gave me an opportunity to play. It helped me grow as a player, every year I played there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29240]]></link><description><![CDATA[They gave me an opportunity to play. It helped me grow as a player, every year I played there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This solemn moment of triumph, one of the greatest moments in the history of the world . . . this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48457]]></link><description><![CDATA[This solemn moment of triumph, one of the greatest moments in the history of the world . . . this great hour which rings in a new era . . . and which is going to lift up humanity to a higher plane of existence for all the ages of the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48457</guid></item></channel></rss>