<?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 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[Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence Love takes the meaning in love's conference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20961]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence Love takes the meaning in love's conference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they that are above Have ends in everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51914]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they that are above Have ends in everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The LionessA controversy prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserved the most credit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The LionessA controversy prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserved the most credit for producing the greatest number of whelps at a birth. They rushed clamorously into the presence of the Lioness and demanded of her the settlement of the dispute. And you, they said, how many sons have you at a birth?' The Lioness laughed at them, and said: Why! I have only one; but that one is altogether a thoroughbred Lion. The value is in the worth, not in the number.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4320]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be...Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have on out hands a sick man,--a very sick man. [The sick man of Europe, the Turk.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59902]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have on out hands a sick man,--a very sick man. [The sick man of Europe, the Turk.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I first noticed the trees, swaying in the wind, and then I saw, or maybe I heard, one being twisted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35639]]></link><description><![CDATA[I first noticed the trees, swaying in the wind, and then I saw, or maybe I heard, one being twisted from its roots. That's when I knew something bad was coming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. [Ger., Wer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54987]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. [Ger., Wer den kleinsten Theil eines Geheimnisses hingibt, hat den andern nicht mehr in der Gewalt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mill Valley game was big. She's solid in so many areas. She's just become more polished and become a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39716]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mill Valley game was big. She's solid in so many areas. She's just become more polished and become a better shooter and ball handler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407   We assemble not in the church to pass away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407   We assemble not in the church to pass away the time, but to gain some great benefit for our souls. If therefore we depart without profit, our zeal in frequenting the church will prove our condemnation. That so great a judgment comes not upon you, when ye go hence ponder the things ye have heard, and exercise yourselves in confirming our instruction -- friend with friend, fathers with their children, masters with their slaves -- so that, when ye return hither and hear from us the same counsels, ye may not be ashamed, but rejoice and be glad in the conviction that ye have put into practice the greater part of our exhortation. Not only must we meditate upon these things here -- for this short exhortation sufficeth not to eradicate the evil -- but at home let the husband be reminded of them by the wife, and the wife by the husband, and let an emulation obtain in families to the fulfilment of the divine law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44140]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today should serve as notice to this community that we will not tolerate gang activity, nor will we allow gangs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today should serve as notice to this community that we will not tolerate gang activity, nor will we allow gangs in this community to gain a foothold on our streets. Our response will be swift, coordinated and certain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63408]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the highway on time remains to be seen. The situation will be clearer in a week or two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much like a subtle spider, which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide:  If aught do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much like a subtle spider, which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide:  If aught do touch the utmost thread of it,   She feels it instantly on every side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19737]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still take them, and each and every MSHA citation, seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38694]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still take them, and each and every MSHA citation, seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I act like sh*t don't phase me, inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21043]]></link><description><![CDATA[I act like sh*t don't phase me, inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The abuse of these laws is not only the worry of Muslims but the Australian community, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abuse of these laws is not only the worry of Muslims but the Australian community,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prices could remain at or above $38 for the next one to two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prices could remain at or above $38 for the next one to two years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Current licensing practices already impose substantial costs and administrative burdens upon these [digital media] companies, and it would be untenable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Current licensing practices already impose substantial costs and administrative burdens upon these [digital media] companies, and it would be untenable and unfair to require them to shoulder additional costs with respect to these buffer copies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20724]]></link><description><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3399]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite than a farmer who in conducting his team.   - Isaac D'Israeli,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42537]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most of them. They did it out of genuine interest but today's kids are much more materialistic and there's a danger, I suppose, that they might just be out to make dosh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never less alone, than when alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never less alone, than when alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that wecannot federalize virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21275]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that wecannot federalize virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are glad to have a football game. Anytime you open a season up, a lot of things can happen. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40368]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are glad to have a football game. Anytime you open a season up, a lot of things can happen. I don't think it matters who you play, in this situation, I think it's a great opportunity for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we found out that J.P. would not be available for the season, we recognized an opportunity to get David ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31850]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we found out that J.P. would not be available for the season, we recognized an opportunity to get David and we went for it, David is a strong athlete who is getting better every day. He can play singles and doubles, he gets you some easy points with his big lefty serve, and he works hard in practice. We will make him feel right at home here in New York.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it gently. That was just why it stung you, said his Mother. The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you. Whatever you do, do with all your might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16692]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is The law of life, man is not  Man as yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is The law of life, man is not  Man as yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At no time was I involved with any negotiations or lobbying of the United Nations with regard to the oil-for-food ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40217]]></link><description><![CDATA[At no time was I involved with any negotiations or lobbying of the United Nations with regard to the oil-for-food program inspection contract. I and others have stated this fact repeatedly. I am not aware of anyone who states otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks  A various language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43794]]></link><description><![CDATA[To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks  A various language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive! - Marmion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive! - Marmion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19688</guid></item></channel></rss>