<?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[God cannot alter the past, though historians can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19550]]></link><description><![CDATA[God cannot alter the past, though historians can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast closed with double grills And triple gates--the cell  To wicked souls is hell;   But to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast closed with double grills And triple gates--the cell  To wicked souls is hell;   But to a mind that's innocent    'Tis only iron, wood and stone.     [Fr., Doubles grilles a gros cloux,      Triples portes, forts verroux,       Aux ames vraiment mechantes        Vous representez l'enfer;         Mais aux ames innocentes          Vous n'etes que du bois, des pierres, du fer.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4260]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Guarding Morrison) isn't something you ask for. It's a job, whether it's Adam Morrison or whoever the top player is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29631]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Guarding Morrison) isn't something you ask for. It's a job, whether it's Adam Morrison or whoever the top player is on the opposing team. It's something we do night in and night out. I'm going to approach it like I approach every other game. My job is to limit him as much as possible. I've had my share of experiences throughout the year. It's just another game for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My real fear is that there will be revenge acts. That has happened in the past. That could be very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33552]]></link><description><![CDATA[My real fear is that there will be revenge acts. That has happened in the past. That could be very bloody and lead to more serious problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17253]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is only the will to reform. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is only the will to reform.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kind of think too much, I try do too many things at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63973]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kind of think too much, I try do too many things at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more self-love than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23158]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more self-love than love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26182]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an awful lot of capital out there for financial buyers to acquire these types of companies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42483]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an awful lot of capital out there for financial buyers to acquire these types of companies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dew-bead Gem of earth and sky begotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12194]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dew-bead Gem of earth and sky begotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52371]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum,  And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on,   While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in the middle of a tax revolution, and this is evidence of that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41994]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in the middle of a tax revolution, and this is evidence of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that the president will listen to what Senator Frist has to say. I'm not saying he's going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that the president will listen to what Senator Frist has to say. I'm not saying he's going to agree with it. But what Senator Frist has had to say is weighty, and I think may bring us all together on this issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer spending. Companies that sell high- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer spending. Companies that sell high- quality goods, such as Isetan, are good picks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The choice was between shutting down service or delaying service, because the recovery operation would have blocked the yard, too. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41663]]></link><description><![CDATA[The choice was between shutting down service or delaying service, because the recovery operation would have blocked the yard, too. So we decided to wait until after the morning rush to do the job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that pitties another, remembers himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49385]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will never have quotas in this city as long as I am mayor, but we will darn sure have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28713]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will never have quotas in this city as long as I am mayor, but we will darn sure have goals,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19689]]></link><description><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525  God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525  God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight through hardship. But He leads! And amidst the hardship, He is nearer to them than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was at Euphorbus at the siege of Troy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14357]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was at Euphorbus at the siege of Troy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49903]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is space and time measured by the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is space and time measured by the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9846]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sacred burden is this life ye bear: Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, Stand up and walk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4976]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sacred burden is this life ye bear: Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly. Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, But onward, upward, till the goal ye win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is characteristic of the thinking of our time that the problem of guilt and forgiveness has been pushed into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6478]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is characteristic of the thinking of our time that the problem of guilt and forgiveness has been pushed into the background and seems to disappear more and more. Modern thought is impersonal. There are, even today, a great many people who understand that man needs salvation, but there are very few who are convinced that he needs forgiveness and redemption... Sin is understood as imperfection, sensuality, worldliness -- but not as guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61707]]></link><description><![CDATA[And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms. . . . For summer being done, all things stand upon them with a weather-beaten face, and the whole country, full of woods and thickets, represented a wild and savage hue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you give them a certificate at graduation, you can see in their eyes a genuine want to stay away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you give them a certificate at graduation, you can see in their eyes a genuine want to stay away from substance abuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where lies the land, to which the ship would go?Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know.And where the land ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where lies the land, to which the ship would go?Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know.And where the land she travels from?Away, far far behind, is all that they can say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing's new, and nothing's true, and nothing matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing's new, and nothing's true, and nothing matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44673</guid></item></channel></rss>