<?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[A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53560]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59052]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57861]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force, and the man who does not make a religion of his business has a business life of no character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any training that does not include the emotions, mind and body is incomplete; knowledge fades without feeling. -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any training that does not include the emotions, mind and body is incomplete; knowledge fades without feeling. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better halfe a loafe than no bread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better halfe a loafe than no bread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the medicine worse than the malady. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the medicine worse than the malady.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha was always being left when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha was always being left when she was not leaving others. Melanctha Herbert always loved too hard and much too often. She was always full with mystery and subtle movements and denials and vague distrusts and complicated disillusions. Then Melanctha would be sudden and impulsive and unbounded in some faith, and then she would suffer and be strong in her repression. Melanctha Herbert was always seeking rest and quiet and always she could only find new ways to be in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:  Uneasy lies the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:  Uneasy lies the heads of all that rule,   His worst of all whose kingdom is a school.    Supreme he sits; before the awful frown     That binds his brows the boldest eye goes down;      Not more submissive Israel heard and saw       At Sinai's foot the Giver of the Law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're focusing on particular works films, books, pieces of music, architecture that deserve the name 'icon' and have this influence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40289]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're focusing on particular works films, books, pieces of music, architecture that deserve the name 'icon' and have this influence on our culture. Everybody knows those things, but almost because they're icons, people don't look below the fact of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh!  The bitter wind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh!  The bitter wind makes not the victory vain.   Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's always happy, so that makes me really happy, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39363]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's always happy, so that makes me really happy, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54880]]></link><description><![CDATA[As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/979]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't get any offense going. I thought we did a decent job of getting some good shots, but you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32450]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't get any offense going. I thought we did a decent job of getting some good shots, but you have to be able to finish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49530]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will be required to increase the quality of life and health is a coming together of technology and values, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22800]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will be required to increase the quality of life and health is a coming together of technology and values, based on a scientific guiding principle that people can agree on. Securing a healthy global future requires this guiding principle to preserve freedom of spirit yet be as provable as the laws of physics. A guiding principle that addresses the meaning of life and is compelling enough to generate social cohesion and behaviors that serve the greater whole. After thirty years of investigation and research, it has become clear to me that the answer lies within the human heart. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[has no knowledge of the facts of the murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36854]]></link><description><![CDATA[has no knowledge of the facts of the murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except over technology ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except over technology]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived for twenty years in Ireland and for seventy-two in England; but the twenty came first and in Britain I am still a foreigner and shall die one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This group for what we need might be as good a defensive group that we've brought in. They are guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42686]]></link><description><![CDATA[This group for what we need might be as good a defensive group that we've brought in. They are guys with good character, strong kids who want to be a part of a championship and that's what we're going to help them accomplish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have said that NeXT is 5 to 7 years ahead of the competition, ... Candidly, we made the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35757]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have said that NeXT is 5 to 7 years ahead of the competition, ... Candidly, we made the same assessment. That's why I made the acquisition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19508]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that 'nothing' is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65119]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food for powder, food for powder; they 'll fill a pit as well as better. -King Henry IV. Part I. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Food for powder, food for powder; they 'll fill a pit as well as better. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I conclude is that religion has nothing to do with experience or reason but with deep and irrational needs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14660]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I conclude is that religion has nothing to do with experience or reason but with deep and irrational needs]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4578]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, there are political complications in Haiti, too, ... But when people are basically unhappy because they don't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, there are political complications in Haiti, too, ... But when people are basically unhappy because they don't have a good way of life, they don't have a job, it's often related to too many people and too few opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are dedicating their energies to make this a very upscale and comfortable club without being pretentious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33732]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are dedicating their energies to make this a very upscale and comfortable club without being pretentious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   The man who has never had religion before, no more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   The man who has never had religion before, no more grows religious when he is sick, than a man who has never learned figures can count when he has need of calculation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let observation with observant view, Observe mankind from China to Peru. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let observation with observant view, Observe mankind from China to Peru.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syracuse will be happy to see that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Syracuse will be happy to see that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is properly no history, only biography. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19330]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is properly no history, only biography.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13166]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune. [Lat., Nihil est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5519]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune. [Lat., Nihil est aptius delectationem lectoris quam temporum varietates fortunaeque vicissitudines.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5519</guid></item></channel></rss>