<?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[He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40153]]></link><description><![CDATA[He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is for you that paradise is opened, the tree of life is planted, the age to come is prepared, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45461]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is for you that paradise is opened, the tree of life is planted, the age to come is prepared, plenty is provided, a city is built, rest is appointed, goodness is established and wisdom perfected beforehand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10117]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With eyes that look'd into the very soul-- . . . .  Bright--and as black and burning as coal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14829]]></link><description><![CDATA[With eyes that look'd into the very soul-- . . . .  Bright--and as black and burning as coal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know this to be all nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know this to be all nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23523]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their pitchers did a very good job of pitching to us and we didn't have the hits, but when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their pitchers did a very good job of pitching to us and we didn't have the hits, but when you don't have the hits you have to try find another way to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56157]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving humans freedom of will, the Creator has chosen to limit His own power. He risked the daring experiment of giving us the freedom to make good or bad decisions, to live decent or evil lives, because God does not want the forced obedience of slaves. Instead, He covets the voluntary love and obedience of sons who love Him for Himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of those precision plays that unveil themselves about once a match. It all came together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35225]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of those precision plays that unveil themselves about once a match. It all came together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide as to the final result. [Lat., Tametsi prosperitas simul utilitasque consultorum non obique concordent, quoniam captorum eventus superae sibi vindicant potestates.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest productive force is human selfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest productive force is human selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They kindly leave us, but not quite alone, But in good company, the gout or stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48770]]></link><description><![CDATA[They kindly leave us, but not quite alone, But in good company, the gout or stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To teach is to learn twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58752]]></link><description><![CDATA[To teach is to learn twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a state of consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a state of consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13772]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a public trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ashley is a role for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ashley is a role for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and greatest punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and greatest punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19398]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in the middle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a heart with room for every joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19028]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a heart with room for every joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a devil in every berry of the grape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50540]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a devil in every berry of the grape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is not an act, it is a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is not an act, it is a habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8746]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toilets. These men should not be encouraged, their fantasies are sadly low-rent and unimaginative. Affect an aloof, cool demeanor as soon as any man tries to draw you out. Unless, of course, he's the pilot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge more difficult rather than easier. Many ideas- probably most- will have to be discarded somewhere in the process of producing authenticated knowledge. Authentication is as important as the raw information itself, and the manner and speed of the authentication process can be crucial...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paranoids are people, too; they have their own problems. It's easy to criticize, but if everybody hated you, you'd be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paranoids are people, too; they have their own problems. It's easy to criticize, but if everybody hated you, you'd be paranoid too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42531]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big effect on the people who consume it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3105]]></link><description><![CDATA["If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20309]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in hell And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell.  On the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19092]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in hell And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell.  On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest,   And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49766]]></link><description><![CDATA[States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and preoccupations have ceased to function, but before they have been replaced with a totally new system of values. It represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and hybrid interregnum that might be called the last gasp of the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11938]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rob me the exchequer. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rob me the exchequer. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we beat them the first time, some people thought it was a fluke. But then we beat them again? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37689]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we beat them the first time, some people thought it was a fluke. But then we beat them again? We proved to people we could play and that gave us confidence heading into states.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56561</guid></item></channel></rss>