<?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[There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18328]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hercules and the WagonerA CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hercules and the WagonerA CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain. Self-help is the best help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58396]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62423</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[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can support a boat or overturn it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61304]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can support a boat or overturn it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not mightbut lightlit Maccabees'lampthrough the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not mightbut lightlit Maccabees'lampthrough the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would hate to see a future U.S. Social Security commissioner urging American older workers to just keep working until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39878]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would hate to see a future U.S. Social Security commissioner urging American older workers to just keep working until the markets come back, ... We don't really know how long that wait might be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd, And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd, And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude;  But the shrewdness of their shrewdness and the rudeness of their rudeness,   Are as nothing to their goodness when they're good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60322]]></link><description><![CDATA[VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.   - quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.   - quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act IV),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neat, not gaudy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neat, not gaudy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to play with your head and your heart. You can't play with one or the other, or you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37606]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to play with your head and your heart. You can't play with one or the other, or you'll get killed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47490]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs to fight it. But it is a proof of the fact that those taking recourse to violent oppression are in their subconsciousness convinced of the untenability of their own doctrines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17145]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.   - George Washington,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives who dies to win a lasting name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43646]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives who dies to win a lasting name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shun security. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shun security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Anon -Lord Byron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18720]]></link><description><![CDATA[All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Anon -Lord Byron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occasionally, we'll run into kids who are about as fast as Drew. But those are usually smaller players. He's run ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Occasionally, we'll run into kids who are about as fast as Drew. But those are usually smaller players. He's run a 4.45 (in the 40-yard dash). And when he gets out into the open, he has a faster gear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[One option currently under consideration by SGA is to charge students who wish to use the Stingerette for off-campus travel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33090]]></link><description><![CDATA[[One option currently under consideration by SGA is to charge students who wish to use the Stingerette for off-campus travel an additional fee.] We would like to look at the possibility of having students who rode the Stingerette swipe their BuzzCard for off-campus driving, ... There might be reasons it could not work, but we think it's definitely something worth looking at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't tell me peace has broken out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't tell me peace has broken out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wrestled a very solid match. We're pleased with our progress and we have two weeks of practice to sharpen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38928]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wrestled a very solid match. We're pleased with our progress and we have two weeks of practice to sharpen up before the VOL Tournament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just never got any breaks. I kept thinking surely we'll get a break somewhere down the line. And we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34443]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just never got any breaks. I kept thinking surely we'll get a break somewhere down the line. And we got some breaks at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the same news after I was elected [in June] and quite frankly I laughed at it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41325]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the same news after I was elected [in June] and quite frankly I laughed at it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a courtesy visit. He is a very pleasant and intelligent man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42603]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a courtesy visit. He is a very pleasant and intelligent man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites. [Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites. [Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare not hope to please a Cinna's ear. Or sing what Varus might vouchsafe to hear;  Harsh are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare not hope to please a Cinna's ear. Or sing what Varus might vouchsafe to hear;  Harsh are the sweetest lays that I can bring,   So screams a goose where swans melodious sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to getting ahead is getting started. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to getting ahead is getting started.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't even know about it until I saw it in the paper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42369]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't even know about it until I saw it in the paper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52275]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on- can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion, even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25289]]></link><description><![CDATA[They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their own lean volumes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've got some big kids and some athletic kids. We're going to do our best to contain them and play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31311]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've got some big kids and some athletic kids. We're going to do our best to contain them and play some good sound football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11818]]></link><description><![CDATA[But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed while the curtains of the next are brushed by the shadows of the dance. A wedding party returns from the church and a funeral winds to its door. The smiles and.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15666]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15666</guid></item></channel></rss>