<?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[Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the deliberate treatment of men by other men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26587]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is right reason in the doing of work.   Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is right reason in the doing of work.   Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am about to -- or I am going to -- die; either expression is used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24141]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am about to -- or I am going to -- die; either expression is used.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel important.'' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13197]]></link><description><![CDATA[He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can look back at that and say the injury bug bit us a little, but that's why you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39948]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can look back at that and say the injury bug bit us a little, but that's why you have 15 guys on the team. When somebody goes down, other people have to step up and take the challenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God bless us every one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4316]]></link><description><![CDATA[God bless us every one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47856]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very exciting deal that's good for Mirage's shareholders. This will change the face of the gaming industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37309]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very exciting deal that's good for Mirage's shareholders. This will change the face of the gaming industry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was always writing, tending to business, up until the last few months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31088]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was always writing, tending to business, up until the last few months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give the historians something to write about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give the historians something to write about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461  If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461  If we would put some slight stress on ourselves at the beginning, then afterwards we should be able to do all things with ease and joy. It is a hard thing to break through a habit, and a yet harder thing to go contrary to our own will. Yet, if thou overcome not slight and easy obstacles, how wilt thou overcome greater ones? Withstand thy will at the beginning, and unlearn an evil habit, lest it lead thee little by little into worse difficulties. Oh, if thou knewest what peace to thyself thy holy life should bring, ... and what joy to others, methinketh thou wouldst be more zealous for spiritual profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16221]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42689]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were very wrong in October. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were very wrong in October.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's not unman each other--part at once; All farewells should be sudden, when forever,  Else they make an eternity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's not unman each other--part at once; All farewells should be sudden, when forever,  Else they make an eternity of moments,   And clog the last sad sands of life with tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62272]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52673]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109   Those blessed ones of thine... shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109   Those blessed ones of thine... shall rejoice according as they shall love; and they shall love according as they shall know. How far they will know thee, Lord, then! and how much they will love thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And more than echoes talk along the walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13298]]></link><description><![CDATA[And more than echoes talk along the walls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweets to the sweet! Farewell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49510]]></link><description><![CDATA[If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It keeps getting bigger and better each year, and keeping Macon is in the equation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31682]]></link><description><![CDATA[It keeps getting bigger and better each year, and keeping Macon is in the equation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29473]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other historic periods where we've cut dramatically the size of the police force, there's been a concomitant increase ... in crime, ... You can't compromise public safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/69]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/69</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44742]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the country in any circumstances whatever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56740]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Continuing a series on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Continuing a series on the church:  The apostle asked the converts of Apollos one question: "Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" and got a plain answer. His modern successors are more inclined to ask either "Did you believe exactly what we teach?" or "Were the hands that were laid on you our hands?", and -- if the answer is satisfactory -- to assure the converts that they have received the Holy Spirit even if they don't know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values and deliberately to choose the lower ones: to know that, however much these values may differ with different people at different stages of spiritual growth, for one's self there must be no compromise with that which one knows to be the lower value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a general sense I think at least in the British Foreign Office and the British military that the U.S. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32533]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a general sense I think at least in the British Foreign Office and the British military that the U.S. tactics have been too heavy-handed and may be responsible for some of what we're seeing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30418]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite significant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their defense was good. They were on the body on the catch and just made you think about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their defense was good. They were on the body on the catch and just made you think about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46144</guid></item></channel></rss>