<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[That's a broad, bold claim. We'll know in a year if they delivered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28979]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a broad, bold claim. We'll know in a year if they delivered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13356]]></link><description><![CDATA[All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, qui jamais autoir pu dire  Que ce petit nez retrousse   Changerait les lois d'un empire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We now know that [this issue] is very important to them and we know a large majority of them want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40256]]></link><description><![CDATA[We now know that [this issue] is very important to them and we know a large majority of them want to gradually reduce the number of troops that we have in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Went in at the one eare and out at the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Went in at the one eare and out at the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56562]]></link><description><![CDATA[To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47495]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19963]]></link><description><![CDATA[But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19305]]></link><description><![CDATA[History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome of all beings and in our worship of Him we should find unspeakable pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This isn't right, this isn't even wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54874]]></link><description><![CDATA[This isn't right, this isn't even wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was concerned after those first three games because of the kind of mistakes we were making in one-run losses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31330]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was concerned after those first three games because of the kind of mistakes we were making in one-run losses to tough teams. Either we were trying to do too much, or we were falling asleep. So today I called them in and challenged them (in the middle of the game). I said, ?Apparently we?re headed back in the same direction.? You saw the response.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10882]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under every stone lurks a politician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under every stone lurks a politician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every benefit you receive a tax is levied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58674]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't sit around thinking, 'This'll be great for kids' - it just happened to really appeal to them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32343]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't sit around thinking, 'This'll be great for kids' - it just happened to really appeal to them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those things that hurt, instruct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those things that hurt, instruct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans of all faiths should be concerned whenever a house of worship is threatened. Religious and political leaders must speak ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans of all faiths should be concerned whenever a house of worship is threatened. Religious and political leaders must speak out against the anti-Muslim bigotry that can prompt such threats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more blessed to give than to receive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5743]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more blessed to give than to receive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; What's genuine, shall posterity inherit.  [Ger., Was glanzt ist fur den ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47840]]></link><description><![CDATA[What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; What's genuine, shall posterity inherit.  [Ger., Was glanzt ist fur den Augenblick geboren;   Das Aechte bleibt der Nachwelt unverloren.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[each candidate behaved well in the hope of being judged worthy of election. However, this system was disastrous when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13687]]></link><description><![CDATA[each candidate behaved well in the hope of being judged worthy of election. However, this system was disastrous when the city had become corrupt. For then it was not the most virtuous but the most powerful who stood for election, and the weak, even if virtuous, were too frightened to run for office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24555]]></link><description><![CDATA[He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dave Weldon is the one who loses the most here because he isn't going out of his way to show ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dave Weldon is the one who loses the most here because he isn't going out of his way to show his complete record. He's going to let this case cloud his reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a plank of driftwood Tossed on the watery main,  Another plank encountered,   Meets, touches, parts again; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a plank of driftwood Tossed on the watery main,  Another plank encountered,   Meets, touches, parts again;    So tossed, and drifting ever,     On life's unresting sea,      Men meet, and greet, and sever,       Parting eternally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends;  White are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends;  White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud   Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud:    Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears;     And instant death on every wave appears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60293]]></link><description><![CDATA[On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. Of this he wrote to James Madison: As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that when the movie finally began, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that when the movie finally began, they started crying. Mainly because they realized that it's 22 years later, and they still haven't lost their virginity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republic of letters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republic of letters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She will be much better if she fights out of the country to get the feel of away matches and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40332]]></link><description><![CDATA[She will be much better if she fights out of the country to get the feel of away matches and even jeering from other fans,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we do not have generation assets to ?hedge? the impact of the rate hike, Maine consumers take the hit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we do not have generation assets to ?hedge? the impact of the rate hike, Maine consumers take the hit worse than any other state in New England.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47290]]></link><description><![CDATA[God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white,  So full of gladness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58268]]></link><description><![CDATA[O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white,  So full of gladness and so full of pain!   Forever and forever shalt thou be    To some the gravestone of a dead delight,     To some the landmark of a new domain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How we apples swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2950]]></link><description><![CDATA[How we apples swim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With any bank consolidation, there are efficiencies to be gained. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41947]]></link><description><![CDATA[With any bank consolidation, there are efficiencies to be gained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9303]]></link><description><![CDATA[An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65</guid></item></channel></rss>