<?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[It is better to be killed than frightened to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10521]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be killed than frightened to death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46519]]></link><description><![CDATA[The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do withthem that's important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22601]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do withthem that's important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To refuse graciously is to confer a favor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15488]]></link><description><![CDATA[To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing is loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharing is loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side ;of the face can smile while the other is pinched.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the men who lose! What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd  And watched with zealous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the men who lose! What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd  And watched with zealous care;   No glorious halo crowns their efforts grand--    Contempt is Failure's share!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character came out of rehearsal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character came out of rehearsal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47415]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil war in which the opposing armies are counted and victory is awarded to the larger before any blood is shed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61469]]></link><description><![CDATA["The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, ideas, predjudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, predjudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. A thoughtless, freightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all it's own for the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is, is that these things can not be confined to the Twighlight Zone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56852]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36797]]></link><description><![CDATA[One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the devil was he doing in this galley? [Fr., Que diable alloit-il faire dans cette galere?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58408]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the devil was he doing in this galley? [Fr., Que diable alloit-il faire dans cette galere?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They just had that one inning. That was a high school baseball inning. They got walks and errors and one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32481]]></link><description><![CDATA[They just had that one inning. That was a high school baseball inning. They got walks and errors and one hit. You don't see a lot of teams stringing six and seven hits together to score runs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3055]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...if we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47386]]></link><description><![CDATA[...if we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51562]]></link><description><![CDATA[He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878  Is it not plain that all spiritual apathy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878  Is it not plain that all spiritual apathy comes not from over-trust but from unbelief, either doubting that sin is present death, or else that holiness is life and that Jesus has a gift to bestow, not in heaven, but promptly, which is better to gain than all the world? Therefore salvation is linked with faith, which earns nothing but elicits all, like the touch that evokes electricity but which no man supposes to have made it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who gets the most satisfactory results is not always the man with the most brilliant single mind, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who gets the most satisfactory results is not always the man with the most brilliant single mind, but rather the man who can best coordinate the brains and talents of his associates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final mystery is oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43548]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final mystery is oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55166]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are our lame praises in comparison with His love? Nothing, and less than nothing; but love will stammer rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8035]]></link><description><![CDATA[What are our lame praises in comparison with His love? Nothing, and less than nothing; but love will stammer rather than be dumb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal justice system,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ladies be but young and fair, They have the gift to know it; and in his brain, Which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55651]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ladies be but young and fair, They have the gift to know it; and in his brain, Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd With observation, the which he vents In mangled forms. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope we can plug into your efforts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42291]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope we can plug into your efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and check.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn'thear the referee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn'thear the referee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin between myself and God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56381]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin between myself and God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, that's the ticket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, that's the ticket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great news for the overall economy. Inflation is rearing its ugly head and may soon stifle economic growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill nothing but time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill nothing but time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t recall it, forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35882]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t recall it, forget it).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the very ice of chastity is in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5797]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the very ice of chastity is in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Flies and the Honey-PotA number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1532]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Flies and the Honey-PotA number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated. Just as they were expiring, they exclaimed, O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves. Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27686]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27686</guid></item></channel></rss>