<?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[It was really staggering to stand there on that slab on what was their City Hall and you look around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30441]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really staggering to stand there on that slab on what was their City Hall and you look around 360 degrees and you see nothing there that could be salvaged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's meet and either do or die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's meet and either do or die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The women of this Nation still retain the liberty to control their destinies. But the signs are evident and very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/127]]></link><description><![CDATA[The women of this Nation still retain the liberty to control their destinies. But the signs are evident and very ominous, and a chill wind blows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents are from Mexico and when they came here they weren't legal. Now they are, but I still have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38016]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents are from Mexico and when they came here they weren't legal. Now they are, but I still have family that isn't. It affects me personally; that's why I got involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48371]]></link><description><![CDATA[New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes! -As You Like It. Act v. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55691]]></link><description><![CDATA[How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes! -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone, But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the women ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone, But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the women carry on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think we will really be solid in the infield. Now in the outfield, we've got some new guys, we've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36124]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think we will really be solid in the infield. Now in the outfield, we've got some new guys, we've got some young guys and we'll see. But we're bringing back three guys (in the infield) who've played there for three years and a guy who's a junior-college transfer who has experience at the college level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the major factors affecting pork producer profitability is the policy of the government as it impacts a producer's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35426]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the major factors affecting pork producer profitability is the policy of the government as it impacts a producer's cost of doing business and their ability to effectively market their products. This award is a way for us to show our appreciation for the continued support that these legislators have demonstrated to Illinois pork producers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64039]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51151]]></link><description><![CDATA[He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is aware of how to kill the birds. This is the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is aware of how to kill the birds. This is the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21079]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord  Ideological notions are strongest amongst people who have lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord  Ideological notions are strongest amongst people who have lost their traditional religious faith, and they provide a kind of pseudo-religion to take its place. Ideology may well be defined as religion-substitute. The fact that religious faith expresses itself in the particular ideological forms current in any given period is no reason why we should confuse religion with ideology; and, even though it requires a penetrating and candid investigation to distinguish between the genuinely religious and the merely ideological elements in the outlook of a particular period or individual, this does not mean that religion itself is an aspect of ideology. The core of religious belief is not ideological, whatever may be said of the soft pulp in which it is wrapped up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13235]]></link><description><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state  Empties itself, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54512]]></link><description><![CDATA[A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state  Empties itself, as dot an inland brook   Into the main of waters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition. -A Midsummer Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55526]]></link><description><![CDATA[So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58814]]></link><description><![CDATA[If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work your way up or rust your way out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work your way up or rust your way out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And shut the gates of mercy on mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27337]]></link><description><![CDATA[And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men. She is author of The Color Purple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/95]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/95</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt not but God who sits on high, Thy secret prayers can hear;  When a dead wall thus cunningly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt not but God who sits on high, Thy secret prayers can hear;  When a dead wall thus cunningly   Conveys soft whispers to the ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the key to understanding literature ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the key to understanding literature]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relying on our nation and armed forces, we will make the aggressor regret its actions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relying on our nation and armed forces, we will make the aggressor regret its actions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal was to be here and then let the cards happen the way they happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal was to be here and then let the cards happen the way they happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2324]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1408]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch sand. [Go not out of your depth.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch sand. [Go not out of your depth.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's wildly impractical to do so in any real sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32066]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's wildly impractical to do so in any real sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ability to get along without an exceptional leader is the mark of social vigor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to get along without an exceptional leader is the mark of social vigor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You needn't remind me of that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50901]]></link><description><![CDATA[You needn't remind me of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Although we have different ways of worshipping and doing things, we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Although we have different ways of worshipping and doing things, we have only one God. So how can we claim to have... "Good News" unless people can see in us that Jesus Christ is breaking down barriers and bringing us together?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture,  Of its own essence parcel pure.--   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2767]]></link><description><![CDATA[So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture,  Of its own essence parcel pure.--   From grave simplicities a dress,    And reticent demureness,     And love encinctured with reserve;      Which the woven vesture would subserve.       For outward robes in their ostents        Should show the soul's habiliments.         Therefore I say,--Thou'rt fair even so,          But better Fair I use to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2767</guid></item></channel></rss>