<?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[Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common people of America display a quality of good common sense which is heartening to anyone who believes in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common people of America display a quality of good common sense which is heartening to anyone who believes in the democratic process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had Jose McDermott at running back the other day, and he did all right. Drew was a star in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29193]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had Jose McDermott at running back the other day, and he did all right. Drew was a star in youth football, but he's a bit undersized for high school football. He has the potential of becoming a real good lineman. He just needs to continue to work on his strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasing punishment that women bear. -The Comedy of Errors. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasing punishment that women bear. -The Comedy of Errors. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26419]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure we play rough, they said, but look what others do to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure we play rough, they said, but look what others do to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're not missing in the traditional sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34696]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're not missing in the traditional sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out,  As if they feared the light:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out,  As if they feared the light:   But oh! she dances such a way!    No sun upon an Easter day     Is half so fine a sight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because, you know what your hours are going to be and they also have periods of time off within the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because, you know what your hours are going to be and they also have periods of time off within the season, that you just don't get on an hour show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am bound to take care of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to look too far ahead. We've got a big weekend coming up [against Penn State] before anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to look too far ahead. We've got a big weekend coming up [against Penn State] before anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lose that ability to connect with individuals who have that insight and could help us navigate through (government). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42461]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lose that ability to connect with individuals who have that insight and could help us navigate through (government).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage.Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage.Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM takes no position on the matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28667]]></link><description><![CDATA[GM takes no position on the matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics. It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics. It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16714]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For African American ideals, "The Promised Land" is not a land to be "reclaimed" after hundreds, or even thousands, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39192]]></link><description><![CDATA[For African American ideals, "The Promised Land" is not a land to be "reclaimed" after hundreds, or even thousands, of years, citing God as the real estate agent. The Promised Land doesn't echo the injustices of the past by, in part, replicating them upon others. The Promised Land is the creation of a just society with an appreciation for the diversity of all humanity and equality for all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39412]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word -- definitely not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first principle of success is desire -- knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11971]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first principle of success is desire -- knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18514]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like anything else. If you don't use it, you're going to lose it. Excessive throwing never hurts a pitcher's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34357]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like anything else. If you don't use it, you're going to lose it. Excessive throwing never hurts a pitcher's arm; it's the lack of throwing that hurts the arm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let music sound while he doth make his choice; Then if he lose he makes a swanlike end,  Fading ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let music sound while he doth make his choice; Then if he lose he makes a swanlike end,  Fading in music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24382]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it lasts; that is what can help determine the seriousness of your situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Only he who flings himself upward when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but much more is it an opportunity to reach heaven. At the moment of temptation, sin and righteousness are both very near the Christian; but, of the two, the latter is the nearer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5283]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is justice with no mercy, Ira Flatowwill have to come back countless times asa lab rat for all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is justice with no mercy, Ira Flatowwill have to come back countless times asa lab rat for all the cruelty he has promoted on NPR.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the most important win of my career. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29590]]></link><description><![CDATA[the most important win of my career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success... it's what you do with what you've got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success... it's what you do with what you've got.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary skill to move mountains there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23636]]></link><description><![CDATA[The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With faces like dead lovers who died true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14870]]></link><description><![CDATA[With faces like dead lovers who died true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56892]]></link><description><![CDATA[In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression, whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a young, mid-20s girl here who was the daughter of the owner, and another gentleman who just immigrated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29716]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a young, mid-20s girl here who was the daughter of the owner, and another gentleman who just immigrated here and was trying to work two jobs to save enough money to bring his family here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was clear by then that he was with Rebecca and that they were a proper couple. I so wanted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40511]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was clear by then that he was with Rebecca and that they were a proper couple. I so wanted to turn my back on him but he always managed to win me over. I know now that I am weak-willed and that I should have moved on with my life but what can I say? He had such a strong hold over me, it was hard for me to deny him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our district, we?re teaching the younger grades in five buildings and they are too small to be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38687]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our district, we?re teaching the younger grades in five buildings and they are too small to be able to accomplish the things we?re talking about doing here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38687</guid></item></channel></rss>