<?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[There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34270]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hurts a lot. As much as it's a tradition for football, we try to take it along with us. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42140]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hurts a lot. As much as it's a tradition for football, we try to take it along with us. We don't want to get beat by Michigan any time. To go up there and play like that just hurts a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45808]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,--never! never! never!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This band goes so well with the other two and we wanted to give them as much as a chance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38215]]></link><description><![CDATA[This band goes so well with the other two and we wanted to give them as much as a chance as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you label me you negate me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you label me you negate me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6416]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath of the middle of Israeli politics there are going to be innumerable theories of what he might have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28517]]></link><description><![CDATA[They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, Confess! Confess!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24164]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I met with [Robert Furniss, director of Parking and Transportation] last week...and it's a very complicated issue. From the parking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33087]]></link><description><![CDATA[I met with [Robert Furniss, director of Parking and Transportation] last week...and it's a very complicated issue. From the parking department's perspective there aren't the resources available [to keep the service going off-campus].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategically, both are good fits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strategically, both are good fits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ever teach a yodeling class, probably the hardest thing is to keep the students from just trying to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11734]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ever teach a yodeling class, probably the hardest thing is to keep the students from just trying to yodel right off. You see, we build to that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as "individualistic" those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death and taxes are inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death and taxes are inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One foole makes a hundred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49690]]></link><description><![CDATA[One foole makes a hundred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A song of hate is a song of Hell; Some there be who sing it well.  Let them sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57213]]></link><description><![CDATA[A song of hate is a song of Hell; Some there be who sing it well.  Let them sing it loud and long,   We lift our hearts in a loftier song:    We life our hearts to Heaven above,     Singing the glory of her we love,      England.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It appears I am destined for something; I will live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14498]]></link><description><![CDATA[It appears I am destined for something; I will live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21802]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57527]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants. [Fr., L'arbre de la liberte ne croit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants. [Fr., L'arbre de la liberte ne croit qu'arrose par le sang des tyrans.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be clear, the proposal before the General Assembly is the fruit of compromise. It cannot be a perfect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be clear, the proposal before the General Assembly is the fruit of compromise. It cannot be a perfect solution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26134]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We declare war with the wages system, which demoralizes alike the hirer and the hired, cheats both, and enslaves the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61059]]></link><description><![CDATA[We declare war with the wages system, which demoralizes alike the hirer and the hired, cheats both, and enslaves the workingman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912   O eternal God, who from all eternity dost behold and love thy own glories and perfections infinite, and hast created me to do the work of God after the manner of men, and to serve thee in this generation and according to my capacities, give me thy grace, that I may be a curious and prudent spender of my time, so as I may best prevent or resist all temptation, and be profitable to the Christian commonwealth, and, by discharging all my duty, may glorify thy name. Take from me all slothfulness, and give me a diligent and an active spirit, and wisdom to choose my employment; that I may do works proportionable to my person and to the dignity of a Christian, and may fill up all the spaces of my time with actions of religion and charity; that, when the devil assaults me, he may not find me idle; and my dearest Lord, at his sudden coming, may find me busy in lawful, necessary, and pious actions, improving my talent entrusted to me by thee, my Lord; that I may enter into the joy of my Lord, to partake of his eternal felicities, even for thy mercy's sake, and for my dearest Saviour's sake. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connors fought a great match. He was paired against a really tough opponent and held his ground. I can't really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Connors fought a great match. He was paired against a really tough opponent and held his ground. I can't really get down on our guys, because they showed great effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65065]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the 1970s and 1980s, many biologists thought wolverines were gone from Washington. It's only in the last 10 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39741]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the 1970s and 1980s, many biologists thought wolverines were gone from Washington. It's only in the last 10 years we were sure they were here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're here only playing golf and having a good time. But we're here for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38768]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're here only playing golf and having a good time. But we're here for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--  He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45356]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--  He's here! He's there! he's everywhere!   An me! he's nowhere!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have the fingerprints of terrorist groups. But we do have the pictures of terrorist groups. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39210]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have the fingerprints of terrorist groups. But we do have the pictures of terrorist groups.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27503]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are busy looking at your next step,how can you see where you are going? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34402]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are busy looking at your next step,how can you see where you are going?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tried to get the ball inside early, and Robbie did a great job. Our other guys also did a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41832]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tried to get the ball inside early, and Robbie did a great job. Our other guys also did a great job of getting him the ball in good position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that inspires no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that inspires no one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on your way down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on your way down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38648]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. They were fun to watch play. When they received that award, they were all dressed up in red and white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17846]]></link><description><![CDATA[No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aristocracy is in decline in the City, and the cloth-cap professionals are in the ascent. And we will take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aristocracy is in decline in the City, and the cloth-cap professionals are in the ascent. And we will take over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it;  And what that word did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12631]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it;  And what that word did make it,   I do believe and take it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12631</guid></item></channel></rss>