<?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 kindest man, The best-condition'd and unwearied spirit In doing courtesies. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kindest man, The best-condition'd and unwearied spirit In doing courtesies. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition is the poison of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition is the poison of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no weapons of mass destruction and the whole world knows that but Bush wants to impose his hegemony ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28264]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no weapons of mass destruction and the whole world knows that but Bush wants to impose his hegemony on the world and subject Iraq to his rule,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the foot on the accelerator, the hand on the throttle, the spur on the flank that keeps our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the foot on the accelerator, the hand on the throttle, the spur on the flank that keeps our economy surging forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have to pay money, you haven't won a thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37086]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have to pay money, you haven't won a thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every age and clime we see, Two of a trade can ne'er agree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5029]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every age and clime we see, Two of a trade can ne'er agree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14900]]></link><description><![CDATA[A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46272]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excuse me, then! you know my heart; But dearest friends, alas! must part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excuse me, then! you know my heart; But dearest friends, alas! must part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47859]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest form of television. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest form of television.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was never at the level Buchanan was at. The issue was more that the potential was there, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39771]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was never at the level Buchanan was at. The issue was more that the potential was there, and the water intrusion was there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could pitch in the big leagues with this stuff, but it's not worth it to go down and hope ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could pitch in the big leagues with this stuff, but it's not worth it to go down and hope somebody would want me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Two PotsA river carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Two PotsA river carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass. The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you. Equals make the best friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64837]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42039]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51050]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34991]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears. [Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears. [Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23428]]></link><description><![CDATA[But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People need to be careful with sparks. It doesn't take much to burn dead grass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37069]]></link><description><![CDATA[People need to be careful with sparks. It doesn't take much to burn dead grass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a close friend of the Transportation Minister and this makes my work easier, ... Otherwise my business would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a close friend of the Transportation Minister and this makes my work easier, ... Otherwise my business would have been much slower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11798]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not Zionists but Zinnists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4939]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not Zionists but Zinnists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/73]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/73</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the costs of illness are wasted on conditions that could be prevented. from the book"Total Wellness." -Dr. Joseph Pizzorno. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the costs of illness are wasted on conditions that could be prevented. from the book"Total Wellness." -Dr. Joseph Pizzorno.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to screen for ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â whether it's eye color, hair color, trivial issues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53928]]></link><description><![CDATA[The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be envied than pitied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14012]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be envied than pitied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart was made to be broken ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart was made to be broken]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all, the group must keep remembering that true growth in grace is not to be achieved by our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all, the group must keep remembering that true growth in grace is not to be achieved by our own efforts or contriving, but must be received as the gift of God's Spirit, working in and among us. The work of the group is to keep open the channels of receptiveness through study, discipline, prayer, and self-offering. When a group learns to live in this faith, it can keep the lines of endeavor tentative and sensitive to new headings and possibilities, on the one hand; and, on the other, move forward resolutely under such light as is now given.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we need is to use what we have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44098]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we need is to use what we have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16570]]></link><description><![CDATA[That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she is the farther off."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, that he were here to write me down an ass! -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55458]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, that he were here to write me down an ass! -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9944</guid></item></channel></rss>