<?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[Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and down beneath it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and down beneath it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a good example of a very good, productive partnership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30104]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a good example of a very good, productive partnership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had to come to terms with the realization that one small man could change the course of history with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36638]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had to come to terms with the realization that one small man could change the course of history with just a couple of shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If cold December gave you birth, The month of snow and ice and mirth,  Place on you hand a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11563]]></link><description><![CDATA[If cold December gave you birth, The month of snow and ice and mirth,  Place on you hand a Turquoise blue,   Success will bless whate'er you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17383]]></link><description><![CDATA[This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52540]]></link><description><![CDATA[The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography is a major force in explaining man to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From what I recollect, the audiences in India are very discerning and know how to appreciate real music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30822]]></link><description><![CDATA[From what I recollect, the audiences in India are very discerning and know how to appreciate real music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7851]]></link><description><![CDATA[If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. [said when George Burns was only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35942]]></link><description><![CDATA[My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. [said when George Burns was only 64. He lived to be 100]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62377]]></link><description><![CDATA[WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21673]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death will have his day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death will have his day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18755]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really is one slick piece of political mail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35081]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really is one slick piece of political mail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will create a substantial plume, excavate a bunch of material, some of which we believe may be water ice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32595]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will create a substantial plume, excavate a bunch of material, some of which we believe may be water ice and be able to measure that directly as the plume is created, and a great opportunity to really understand what we have there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men are full of repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men are full of repentance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, atthe huge waves of the seas, at the long course ofrivers, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21845]]></link><description><![CDATA[People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, atthe huge waves of the seas, at the long course ofrivers, at the vast compass of the oceans, at the circular motion of thestars, and they pass themselves without even wondering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18302]]></link><description><![CDATA[The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a disposable society, but here, you keep and reuse. I once ordered a part and had it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a disposable society, but here, you keep and reuse. I once ordered a part and had it delivered. The part was $10. The delivery was $90. After that, you tend to weigh those decisions a little more carefully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was necessary for us to discover greater powers of destruction than our enemies. We did. But after every war ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61149]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was necessary for us to discover greater powers of destruction than our enemies. We did. But after every war we have followed through with a new rise in our standard of living by the application of war-taught knowledge for the benefit of the world. It will be the same with the atomic bomb principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60109]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is looking at liabilities in the nature of $400 million. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35926]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is looking at liabilities in the nature of $400 million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46549]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When boasting ends, there dignity begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12283]]></link><description><![CDATA[When boasting ends, there dignity begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gospels cannot explain the Resurrection; it is the Resurrection which alone explains the Gospels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6711]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Gospels cannot explain the Resurrection; it is the Resurrection which alone explains the Gospels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's absolutely devastating, ... It's one  thing to see it on TV, and it's another to talk to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33593]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's absolutely devastating, ... It's one  thing to see it on TV, and it's another to talk to a mom and dad and children who have lost everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66587]]></link><description><![CDATA[My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again  In minds made better by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20858]]></link><description><![CDATA[O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again  In minds made better by their presence; live   In pulses stirred to generosity,    In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn     For miserable aims that end with self.      In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,       And with their mild persistence urge man's search        To vaster issues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/521]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been coaching Aynsley in all sports for years and she's always been a clutch performer. She's unorthodox in her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33411]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been coaching Aynsley in all sports for years and she's always been a clutch performer. She's unorthodox in her form sometimes, but she always gets the job done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19943]]></link><description><![CDATA[If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It feels kind of good to come through the back door, score some points for the team and finish third. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40316]]></link><description><![CDATA[It feels kind of good to come through the back door, score some points for the team and finish third.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These earthly godfathers of heaven's light, That give a name to every fixed star,  Have no more profit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3403]]></link><description><![CDATA[These earthly godfathers of heaven's light, That give a name to every fixed star,  Have no more profit of their shining nights   Than those that walk and wot not what they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10118]]></link><description><![CDATA[People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it- walk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all evils. [Lat., Gula plures occidit quam gladius, estque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all evils. [Lat., Gula plures occidit quam gladius, estque fomes omnium malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9292]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All tuition rates are approved by the Board of Trustees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31230]]></link><description><![CDATA[All tuition rates are approved by the Board of Trustees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11201]]></link><description><![CDATA[While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11201</guid></item></channel></rss>