<?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 attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66654]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weakest goes to the wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weakest goes to the wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of consumer confidence. And we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38041]]></link><description><![CDATA[The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of consumer confidence. And we have higher energy prices, which is another drag on consumer confidence and a 'tax' on consumer spending.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61248]]></link><description><![CDATA[First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58963]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The overwhelming recognition of human sin controls the Old Testament and the New Testament alike, and no understanding of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The overwhelming recognition of human sin controls the Old Testament and the New Testament alike, and no understanding of our Lord's words and actions is possible if we persist in denying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the most comprehensive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59040]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, free man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the magic of motion pictures, someone who's never left Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through the magic of motion pictures, someone who's never left Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color of a Nile sunset, the sorts of vegetation one will find along the upper Amazon and that Big Ben has not yet gone digital.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to learn again that science without contact with experiments is an enterprise which is likely to go completely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36277]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to learn again that science without contact with experiments is an enterprise which is likely to go completely astray into imaginary conjecture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them until they become reality, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them until they become reality, then hold on tightly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's vote deals a severe blow to the ambitions of the terrorists and sends a clear message to the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's vote deals a severe blow to the ambitions of the terrorists and sends a clear message to the world that the people of Iraq will decide the future of their country through peaceful elections, not violent insurgency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66188]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18373]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55278]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good hot cup of coffee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;  Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;  Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness   Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,    But is, when unadorn'd the most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11202]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46373]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/377]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/377</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[It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43599]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28473]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The itch of scribbling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The itch of scribbling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real valuable thing is intuition. -Albert Einstein. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real valuable thing is intuition. -Albert Einstein.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the situation has changed, we have been taking gradual steps towards the closure of the missions and submissions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29815]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the situation has changed, we have been taking gradual steps towards the closure of the missions and submissions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think if they are going to borrow money, it should be for something substantial. What I think they should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39522]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think if they are going to borrow money, it should be for something substantial. What I think they should do is leave the existing facility in place and start (building) a new school on the property. They are throwing money away. They are putting Band-Aids on the problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This promises well for Carlos' chances in the rest of the race. We had a feeling he'd be in top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40099]]></link><description><![CDATA[This promises well for Carlos' chances in the rest of the race. We had a feeling he'd be in top shape after finishing well in the Tour and later having the time to prepare himself and spend time with his family without being troubled by injuries, illness or stressful contract negotiations. But just before a race starts you always get a little nervous anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20847]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new coaching staff seemed like they're ready to renovate. They said I was too good for (junior college). I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new coaching staff seemed like they're ready to renovate. They said I was too good for (junior college). I saw the spring game, and they looked like they were motivated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60234]]></link><description><![CDATA[It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56442]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65620]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque. rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13006]]></link><description><![CDATA[How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the boy brings up the hall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30741]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56023]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er has travel'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been,  May sigh to think he still has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er has travel'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been,  May sigh to think he still has found   The warmest welcome, at an inn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have absolutely no pen-raised birds on the Armstrong Ranch. It goes to the issue of sportsmanship. These are completely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39556]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have absolutely no pen-raised birds on the Armstrong Ranch. It goes to the issue of sportsmanship. These are completely wild birds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating to just over four million years ago, the fossils represent unambiguous evidence for human evolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dating to just over four million years ago, the fossils represent unambiguous evidence for human evolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune changes not birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune changes not birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50184</guid></item></channel></rss>