<?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[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  Christians must learn again what Christians have always known -- how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  Christians must learn again what Christians have always known -- how to live without immediate hopes in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Heifer and the Ox A heifer saw an Ox hard at work harnessed to a plow, and tormented him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1586]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Heifer and the Ox A heifer saw an Ox hard at work harnessed to a plow, and tormented him with reflections on his unhappy fate in being compelled to labor. Shortly afterwards, at the harvest festival, the owner released the Ox from his yoke, but bound the Heifer with cords and led him away to the altar to be slain in honor of the occasion. The Ox saw what was being done, and said with a smile to the Heifer: For this you were allowed to live in idleness, because you were presently to be sacrificed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1161]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love isn't who you can see yourself with, it's who you can't see yourself without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love isn't who you can see yourself with, it's who you can't see yourself without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Felix will not pitch for Venezuela. We felt it best that given his youth and inexperience that it would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Felix will not pitch for Venezuela. We felt it best that given his youth and inexperience that it would be far better for him to be with our club in spring training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12653]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;  No harp like my own could so cheerily play,   And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partial results will be announced Saturday or Sunday and we will then announce the non-certified national total. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Partial results will be announced Saturday or Sunday and we will then announce the non-certified national total.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fortune of France. [Fr., C'est la fortune de France.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16619]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fortune of France. [Fr., C'est la fortune de France.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try, try again.  If at first you don't succeed,   Try, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59690]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try, try again.  If at first you don't succeed,   Try, try, try again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28294]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I liked what he had to say about where the team is going and what is going on in Chicago. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28465]]></link><description><![CDATA[I liked what he had to say about where the team is going and what is going on in Chicago. And Chicago has always been one of my favorite cities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25785]]></link><description><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38554]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when we love we are stuck loving someone who has no desire to change, or no desire to work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when we love we are stuck loving someone who has no desire to change, or no desire to work things out with us in an effort to make things better, or to keep the relationship on a track of growth and fulfillment. There comes a point in time in some relationships that we must realize the only option that we have to live a good life is to let what is weighing us down in life go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone needs to stop saying 'I'm a Republican' or 'I'm a Democrat' and just be good Christians. But don't worry, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone needs to stop saying 'I'm a Republican' or 'I'm a Democrat' and just be good Christians. But don't worry, the Gulf Coast is going to be rebuilt, and it's going to be great. God works in mysterious ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link. My guess is that (Merkel's) Christian Democrats might be marginally more in line with the U.S. position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gets through too late who goes too fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18789]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gets through too late who goes too fast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes someone has to hurt you deep enough to make you realize how better your life is without them in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes someone has to hurt you deep enough to make you realize how better your life is without them in it...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41551]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And better skilled in dark events to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17090]]></link><description><![CDATA[And better skilled in dark events to come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wildest colts only make the best horses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19839]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wildest colts only make the best horses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a head that is for rent unfurnished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24401]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves Repose and fatten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves Repose and fatten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;  A smile within his eyelids plays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4369]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;  A smile within his eyelids plays   And into words his longing gushes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time cuts down all, Both great and small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time cuts down all, Both great and small.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three million and one hundred thousand Japanese people died in the war, and many foreigners were also victims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three million and one hundred thousand Japanese people died in the war, and many foreigners were also victims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP is the clear market leader in the U.S. Acquisitions won't be able to change that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40616]]></link><description><![CDATA[SAP is the clear market leader in the U.S. Acquisitions won't be able to change that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir: We must rise and follow her,  When from every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44898]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir: We must rise and follow her,  When from every hill of flame   She calls, and calls each vagabond by name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cattle upon a thousand hills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cattle upon a thousand hills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45403]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What mare's nest hast thou found? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48618]]></link><description><![CDATA[What mare's nest hast thou found?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man I am, cross'd with adversity. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man I am, cross'd with adversity. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25085</guid></item></channel></rss>