<?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[Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep!  A single step, and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep!  A single step, and all is o'er,   A plunge, a bubble, and no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held for a year - because he knew that it would reveal him as a law-breaker. He insists he had 'legal authority derived from the Constitution and congressional resolution authorizing force.' But the Constitution explicitly requires the president to obey the law. And the post 9/11 congressional resolution authorizing 'all necessary force' in fighting terrorism was made in clear reference to military intervention. It did not scrap the Constitution and allow the president to do whatever he pleased in any area in the name of fighting terrorism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery - not over nature but of ourselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery - not over nature but of ourselves]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never made a film using dialogue or speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39874]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never realize how much that meant when we had three or four guys on the wing. We all kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42259]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never realize how much that meant when we had three or four guys on the wing. We all kind of split minutes up and we were still happy. We really miss those guys a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My guys didn't come on time to get taped, so the five guys that were here started. It's a discipline ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38713]]></link><description><![CDATA[My guys didn't come on time to get taped, so the five guys that were here started. It's a discipline thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52296]]></link><description><![CDATA[We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, being strong means not holding back the tears but letting them fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, being strong means not holding back the tears but letting them fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Thomas] Carlyle believed that every man has a special duty to do in this world. If he had been asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7998]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Thomas] Carlyle believed that every man has a special duty to do in this world. If he had been asked what especially he conceived his own duty to be, he would have said that it was to force men to realize once more that the world was actually governed by a just God; that the old familiar story, acknowledged everywhere in words on Sundays and disregarded or openly denied on week-days, was, after all, true. His writings, every one of them, ... were to this same purpose and on this same text -- that truth must be spoken and justice must be done; on any other conditions, no real commonwealth, no common welfare, is permitted or possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In original discussions, we were talking about an elevated system. They are not huge adjustments but there are adjustments that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33939]]></link><description><![CDATA[In original discussions, we were talking about an elevated system. They are not huge adjustments but there are adjustments that would have to be made. They have set aside some money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53504]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18424]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see it every day in our economy. These folks are customers in our stores and employees in our workplace. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see it every day in our economy. These folks are customers in our stores and employees in our workplace. We hope immigration law gets it figured out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42043]]></link><description><![CDATA[His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time he learned to read, to follow a conversation or lecture; but he never learned to write correctly; and his pronunciation remains extremely foreign to this day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41486]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and regularity in things than it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and regularity in things than it really finds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't just learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't just learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. [Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60389]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. [Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme il veut l'etre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In answer to committee chairman's David Nimz's question, Walker said that other people are allowed to use the paved area.] ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32325]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In answer to committee chairman's David Nimz's question, Walker said that other people are allowed to use the paved area.] Everyone is welcomed, guests, neighbors. ... not welcomed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dust of some is Irish earth, Among their own they rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dust of some is Irish earth, Among their own they rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16526]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you are will show in what you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21246]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you are will show in what you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gondola of London [A hansom]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25408]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gondola of London [A hansom].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38350]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fault is sooner found than mended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44199]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fault is sooner found than mended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord blesses you and keeps you; the Lord makes His face shines upon you and be gracious to you; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord blesses you and keeps you; the Lord makes His face shines upon you and be gracious to you; the lord turns His face toward you and gives you peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weather is crazy. I kind of like snow, though. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weather is crazy. I kind of like snow, though.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65973]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the disease of one the whole flock perishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50441]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47056]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we need to radically change incentives and financial programs. It's more about coverage and enablement than anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33858]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we need to radically change incentives and financial programs. It's more about coverage and enablement than anything else. We are not interested in creating a lot of stacking. We are protecting the investment our current partners have made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is the science of being totally prepared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is the science of being totally prepared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the greatest refreshment in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the greatest refreshment in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always a touch of sadness around the most beautiful things in life !. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1411]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always a touch of sadness around the most beautiful things in life !.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39492]]></link><description><![CDATA[And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can repel us initially, but which can jerk us out of our habitual selfishness, and give us intonations of that sacred otherness, which is God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17666]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17666</guid></item></channel></rss>