<?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[The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful villany is called virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Successful villany is called virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was not really as good as I should have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was not really as good as I should have been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been on a smooth downward trend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been on a smooth downward trend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63877]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59939]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5874]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil's in the moon for mischief; they Who call'd her chaste, methinks, began too soon  Their nomenclature; there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43066]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil's in the moon for mischief; they Who call'd her chaste, methinks, began too soon  Their nomenclature; there is not a day,   The longest, not the twenty-first of June,    Sees half the business in a wicked way,     On which three single hours of moonshine smile--      And then she looks so modest all the while!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9379]]></link><description><![CDATA[The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else, hatred against the bogged-down vileness of average man as against the possible heights that humanity might attain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12684]]></link><description><![CDATA[To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man meets his Waterloo at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man meets his Waterloo at last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to get healthy. We had a couple starters out for the Southwest game, and a couple people that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30598]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to get healthy. We had a couple starters out for the Southwest game, and a couple people that hadn't practiced. P.J. Gardner missed the game against Southwest, but he'll be back on the O-line. We're working on basic stuff, not looking to change much, just looking to continue to improve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are still committed to calm, but the calm is fading with the wind as a result of the Zionist ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28317]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are still committed to calm, but the calm is fading with the wind as a result of the Zionist violations. When they hit us, we will respond with an earthquake-like reaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fair face may make a foul bargain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50956]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fair face may make a foul bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tide flowing is feared, for many a thing, Great danger to such as be sick, it doth bring;  Sea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tide flowing is feared, for many a thing, Great danger to such as be sick, it doth bring;  Sea ebb, by long ebbing, some respite doth give,   And sendeth good comfort, to such as shall live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go, and do thou likewise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go, and do thou likewise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3065]]></link><description><![CDATA[A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63373]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23518]]></link><description><![CDATA[To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/661]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38701]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38701</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/42823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33824]]></link><description><![CDATA[At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA has a mandate from Congress that they could only supply marijuana for research to show that it might be dangerous. Subsequently NIDA has changed their mechanism so we can look for benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shine the light and you let them come out with their own words and they'll be exposed for what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39501]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shine the light and you let them come out with their own words and they'll be exposed for what they really are, which is ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of our fugitive dust problems arise when it gets very windy. What we have seen is when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31566]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of our fugitive dust problems arise when it gets very windy. What we have seen is when we see those dust storms, it's usually due to man-made activities, like construction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64115]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Masters, spread yourselves. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Masters, spread yourselves. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are eagles of one nest - the nest is in our soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53421]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are eagles of one nest - the nest is in our soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle  It is obvious ... that there are many lay people who can counsel more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle  It is obvious ... that there are many lay people who can counsel more effectively than the minister can in such areas as adjusting to widowhood, coming to terms with advancing age, bringing principle to bear upon business decisions, because they have experience in these fields which the minister does not personally have. At the very least, they can add a note of reality to what the minister offers. In many cases, the group takes up where the individual counseling left off, supplementing it or even eliminating it entirely. I have been repeatedly thankful that a group was available to give steady guidance who had made a fresh start in Christian living, but who still had a long way to go; this has been especially true in cases of loneliness, moderate emotional instability, inability to understand others, and need of continued guidance in the use of prayer and the Bible and the accepting and giving of love. In the nature of the case, no amount of individual counseling can fully deal with these needs. The "priesthood of all believers" becomes a recognized fact, with each person helping to open up for his neighbor the way to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a special moment for soccer in this state. It's special for all three of us, the one time we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33941]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a special moment for soccer in this state. It's special for all three of us, the one time we can come together and support the same team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until one has loved an animal a part of one\'s soul remains unawakened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until one has loved an animal a part of one\'s soul remains unawakened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. thanks to Dana Bidne -William Jennings Bryan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child kicks its legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7639]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child kicks its legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough... It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again," to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again," to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike: it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941   We distrust the providence of God when, after we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used all our best endeavors and begged His blessing upon them, we torment ourselves about the wise issue and event of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7291</guid></item></channel></rss>