<?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[Opposition is true friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opposition is true friendship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54942]]></link><description><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13092]]></link><description><![CDATA[For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9963]]></link><description><![CDATA[So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:  With angry teeth he bites him to the bone,   And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up to is great. I hope to be in their seats in future years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't counteract whatever teams are doing. We were always worried at one point about what Detroit was doing, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33973]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't counteract whatever teams are doing. We were always worried at one point about what Detroit was doing, and we haven't played them in nine years [in the postseason]. So it's really irrelevant, I think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65448]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end, But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?  Though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end, But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?  Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;   So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and repulses. There can be nothing more terrible or wonderful than to be stricken with love for Christ so deeply that the whole being goes out in a pained adoration of His person, an adoration that disturbs and disconcerts while it purges and satisfies and relaxes the deep inner heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You live and you learn -- or you don't live long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24955]]></link><description><![CDATA[You live and you learn -- or you don't live long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what you're supposed to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter worthlessness can be a source of courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44222]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I helped them cut posts, working in knee-deep water to keep the fence up so you wouldn't get run over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I helped them cut posts, working in knee-deep water to keep the fence up so you wouldn't get run over by the animals,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/796]]></link><description><![CDATA[To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During that period we greatly improved the financial health of the company by selling low-return businesses, reducing debt, stabilizing AOL, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34290]]></link><description><![CDATA[During that period we greatly improved the financial health of the company by selling low-return businesses, reducing debt, stabilizing AOL, and made significant progress in resolving the company's legal challenges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9562]]></link><description><![CDATA[... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My poverty, but not my will consents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51481]]></link><description><![CDATA[My poverty, but not my will consents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8745]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   We sometimes come to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   We sometimes come to God, not because we love Him best, but because we love our possessions best; we ask Christ to "save Western civilization", without asking ourselves whether it is entirely a civilization that Christ could want to save. We pray, too often, not to do God's will, but to enlist God's assistance in maintaining our "continually increasing consumption". And yet, though Christ promised that God would feed us, he never promised that God would stuff us to bursting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18230]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasmin two small jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasmin two small jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26276]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night was our friend, our leader was Despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass Carrying the Image AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous woodenImage, to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1502]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass Carrying the Image AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous woodenImage, to be placed in one of its Temples. As he passed along,the crowd made lowly prostration before the Image. The Ass,thinking that they bowed their heads in token of respect forhimself, bristled up with pride, gave himself airs, and refusedto move another step. The driver, seeing him thus stop, laid hiswhip lustily about his shoulders and said, O you perversedull-head! it is not yet come to this, that men pay worship to anAss. They are not wise who give to themselves the credit due to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kissed thee, ere I killed thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a glowworm golden, in a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden its aerial blue  Among the flowers and grass ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a glowworm golden, in a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden its aerial blue  Among the flowers and grass which screen it from the view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52854]]></link><description><![CDATA[An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60254]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want this guy to go walking. We really want justice to take place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34916]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want this guy to go walking. We really want justice to take place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple questions they often ask a policeman is how to get somewhere, directional things. That is what the bulk of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simple questions they often ask a policeman is how to get somewhere, directional things. That is what the bulk of policemen on the beat get asked. There is a mapping system in there. Basic information in terms of support that the policemen give in terms of victim support or any common areas that they might want to go into a police station for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel a whole lot better. I got this off of my chest and I'm just trying to move forward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel a whole lot better. I got this off of my chest and I'm just trying to move forward right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35234</guid></item></channel></rss>