<?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[Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort. [Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9119]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort. [Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no trust when there lacks confirmation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57403]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no trust when there lacks confirmation of truth. There can be no faith when there lacks complete confidence of purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9494]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our cities are saturated with fast-food purveyors. ... With the concentration of fast food even worse in school neighborhoods, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our cities are saturated with fast-food purveyors. ... With the concentration of fast food even worse in school neighborhoods, our schools, parents, and policymakers need to take a serious look at this issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like marbles--tabernacle and pharisee and parable, tresspass and Babylon and covenant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr The Mother sits by the rough-hewn byre where her Baby smiles, and the secret ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr The Mother sits by the rough-hewn byre where her Baby smiles, and the secret fire shines on her face. Her hand rests by an iron spike from the wood thrust high  ("The nails in His hands!" ) An open chink in the rude, cold shed lets in the sky, and the Star that led shepherds and kings pours down its light: a silver shaft through the frosty night  ("The spear in His side!") Her hands reach out, as to push away the cross-crowned hill and the bloody day; they touch a rough, unyielding wall: the stable side, of stone piled tall  ("The stone -- rolled away!").]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to avoid a property owner using sewer availability as leverage to get more units with the county. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35407]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to avoid a property owner using sewer availability as leverage to get more units with the county.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57090]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death, there's brain death, and there's being off the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11249]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death, there's brain death, and there's being off the network.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No doubt. Those corners played their fannies off against the best wide receiver in the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31880]]></link><description><![CDATA[No doubt. Those corners played their fannies off against the best wide receiver in the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God's green grows it's rarely in rowsAwry the rye rises .. unruly the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20770]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God's green grows it's rarely in rowsAwry the rye rises .. unruly the rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62180]]></link><description><![CDATA[What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It reminds me of PIO, or pilot induced oscillation, a lag in the plane's response to a pilot moving the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40734]]></link><description><![CDATA[It reminds me of PIO, or pilot induced oscillation, a lag in the plane's response to a pilot moving the stick, ... You push the stick down and the plane doesn't go down right away, so you push it down more, and then it really starts to fall. The same thing happens in monetary policy if you have gradualism in interest rates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody contributed. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were not ready to play. The matches we won, everybody contributed and the most we lost everybody contributed. I believe by the end of the season we'll be a pretty good team. To finish in the top half at this tournament is a good sign.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,  Thou bear'st thy heavy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61424]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,  Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey,   And death unloads thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. -Mark Twain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moments of complete apathy are the best for new creations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moments of complete apathy are the best for new creations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are heavy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are heavy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If e'er she knew an evil thought She spoke no evil word:  Peace to the gentle! She hath sought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If e'er she knew an evil thought She spoke no evil word:  Peace to the gentle! She hath sought   The bosom of her Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye holy angels bright, Who wait at God's right hand, Or through the realms of light Fly at your Lord's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye holy angels bright, Who wait at God's right hand, Or through the realms of light Fly at your Lord's command,  Assist our song;  For else the theme  Too high doth seem  For mortal tongue.  Ye blessed souls at rest, Who ran this earthly race, And now, from sin released, Behold the Saviour's face,  God's praises sound,  As in his sight,  With sweet delight,  Ye do abound.  Ye saints, who toil below, Adore your heavenly King. And onward as ye go Some joyful anthem sing;  Take what he gives  And praise him still,  Through good or ill,  Who ever lives!  My soul, bear thou thy part, Triumph in God above: And with a well-tuned heart Sing thou the songs of love!  Let all thy days  Till life shall end,  Whate'er he send,  Be filled with praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is nothing but perception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is nothing but perception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if he goes to prep school, I think he still wants to go to Syracuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if he goes to prep school, I think he still wants to go to Syracuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm here now in Chicago doing my own show, and I think Golden Girls is shown three hours a day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29920]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm here now in Chicago doing my own show, and I think Golden Girls is shown three hours a day here, and everybody loves it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/68]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/68</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can read this, thank a teacher. -Anonymous teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13541]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can read this, thank a teacher. -Anonymous teacher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our league lost a lot of players. Vail Mountain will be the strong team, but the other four teams lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our league lost a lot of players. Vail Mountain will be the strong team, but the other four teams lost a lot of players and are all young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Graffiti is a pathetic attempt at anonymous recognition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Graffiti is a pathetic attempt at anonymous recognition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire to be different from the people we live with is sometimes the result of our rejection- real or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire to be different from the people we live with is sometimes the result of our rejection- real or imagined- by them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47833]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--  And Winter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62094]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--  And Winter, slumbering in the open air,   Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!    And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,     Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheer up, children, I am all right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheer up, children, I am all right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45066]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raise the urinals. (on how management could keep the Braves on their toes) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Raise the urinals. (on how management could keep the Braves on their toes)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49123]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child!  Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54894]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child!  Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,   Land of the mountain and the flood,    Land of my sires! what mortal hand     Can e'er untie the filial band,      That knits me to thy rugged strand!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. - Reflections on Life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63741]]></link><description><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the only rating that should matter to her because people are voting with their money, by betting that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39077]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the only rating that should matter to her because people are voting with their money, by betting that the peso will continue to climb because she would pursue her economic reforms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14152]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60205]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21817]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21817</guid></item></channel></rss>