<?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[To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59053]]></link><description><![CDATA[To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air; the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing that Western North Carolina can do is you've got to get some winners, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing that Western North Carolina can do is you've got to get some winners,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise. -Nancy Thayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14790]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise. -Nancy Thayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have exclusive access to Alexis as he goes through the process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33192]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have exclusive access to Alexis as he goes through the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50962]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53603]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moments absolutely as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65439]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moments absolutely as it is given to pure reflection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15076]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we would just support each other -- that's ninety percent of the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53314]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we would just support each other -- that's ninety percent of the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We expect those room rates to increase another 6-8 percent this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35808]]></link><description><![CDATA[We expect those room rates to increase another 6-8 percent this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no other way to judge the work of a mind except through its words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52072]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no other way to judge the work of a mind except through its words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26844]]></link><description><![CDATA[You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/287]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't see major corporations abandoning their e-mail infrastructure, but they are beginning to seek outsourcing to handle things like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34610]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't see major corporations abandoning their e-mail infrastructure, but they are beginning to seek outsourcing to handle things like remote mail and calendaring, ... Messaging Online.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way  Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8650]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way  Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We consider any change in the timetable of the accords to be a violation in the essence of the agreements. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We consider any change in the timetable of the accords to be a violation in the essence of the agreements. We cannot accept such talk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his desperate need for something to hold onto.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old,  That no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old,  That no success attends on spears and swords   Unblest, and that the battle is the Lord's?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I arrived in London 11 years ago, restaurant service was terrible. It's getting better every year. Americans tend to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40241]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I arrived in London 11 years ago, restaurant service was terrible. It's getting better every year. Americans tend to be over-the-top about complaining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How glorious it is -- and also how painful -- to be an exception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25506]]></link><description><![CDATA[How glorious it is -- and also how painful -- to be an exception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give Me Strength! A petition no doubt directed at our Creator above, these words are uttered in times of complete ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give Me Strength! A petition no doubt directed at our Creator above, these words are uttered in times of complete exasperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37560]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46950]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever. -Horace Mann.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you are an alcoholic. Goddamn it Otto, you have Lupis... one of those two doesn't sound right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an absolutely fantastic end to the mission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31072]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an absolutely fantastic end to the mission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59258]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People see the world not as it is, but as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14529]]></link><description><![CDATA[People see the world not as it is, but as they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory and defeat are each of the same price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory and defeat are each of the same price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5769]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11460]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had not planned on having any vote, other than just to study (the contract), ... It's not a public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30875]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had not planned on having any vote, other than just to study (the contract), ... It's not a public hearing, but it is a study session. We will take comments. And then if it seems suitable to the property owners involved -- who we're most concerned about -- we will have a vote on Sept. 26 (the next council meeting) on this issue to start the ball rolling for a new bridge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a lot of cases, you can't make the assumption that mom and pops are going to be the problem, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38968]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a lot of cases, you can't make the assumption that mom and pops are going to be the problem, because the larger companies tend to have a lot of automation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, how's it going?' So I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, how's it going?' So I grabbed his arm and twisted it up behind his head and said 'Now who's asking the questions?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They dance, they revel, and they sing, Till the rude turrets shake and ring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51110]]></link><description><![CDATA[They dance, they revel, and they sing, Till the rude turrets shake and ring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laura Bush is not the traditionalist that I think a lot of people thought she was going to be. She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laura Bush is not the traditionalist that I think a lot of people thought she was going to be. She has a graduate degree and a very serious lifelong interest in early childhood development.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45412]]></link><description><![CDATA[As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Based on long-term factors, including demographics and income growth, the average annual increase in national home prices is likely to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Based on long-term factors, including demographics and income growth, the average annual increase in national home prices is likely to be around four per cent in the coming decade, so the recent high single- digit and low double-digit gains cannot persist indefinitely. But, the key issue is whether the adjustment to a more sustainable trend is gradual. The good news is that this is what appears to be happening in Central and Atlantic Canada.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we go on the floor expecting to win. I'm happy with that change of mentality. These girls are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we go on the floor expecting to win. I'm happy with that change of mentality. These girls are fighters and they'll fight until it's all done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is an incurable disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is an incurable disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24875</guid></item></channel></rss>